In message , Kathy
writes
Found this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13913513

Even if the infection is on the seeds, would it be on the growing
plant?

These are seeds grown for sprouting. The seeds are placed in water and
allowed to germinate. When they've reached the seed-leaf stage (roughly)
they're eaten.

If the seeds were contaminated with E. coli, it seems plausible that it
would survive and even grow when the seeds were germinated.

Seems suspicious that all the victims had eaten at the same place.

But that does suggest that any contamination occurred further down the
chain.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley