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&Nbsp; FOOD STORIES: I was set to write about Greece's slow descent into not-so-Platonic hell and the other hell in the making, that of US Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security -- social constructs that the decision makers are bent on screwing up -- and I got distracted by a stomach requiring Tums to counteract my acid indigestion of late, and then I got further distracted by a non-obliging intestine and turned my attention to food -- you know, the stuff we ingurgitate in order to keep the motor going. It's amazing what can be found in that department, though, as usual, it does not make the news.

AN OUTBREAK of a particularly pernicious strain of E. coli erupted in northern Germany just about mid-May. To date the bacteria has infected over 3,200 people and caused almost forty deaths. The health authorities like the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the German institute for disease control and prevention, reacted promptly. Researchers claimed that they had found the deadly bacteria in three cucumbers that had been shipped from a Spanish organic farm to Hamburg. The RKI issued an immediate warning to stop eating cucumbers. The warning was then extended to tomatoes, lettuce, sprouts, and other raw veggies (and, I think, even fruits). Consumers responded immediately. Produce was left rotting on supermarkets' shelves. Wholesalers had to destroy their stocks. Russia banned all imports of German and Spanish fruits and vegetables. Cases of infection were reported in countries as far away as Sweden, Great Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Austria, etc. But, in each case, apparently, the infected person had recently traveled to Germany. It did not take long for the Spanish authorities to put 2 and 2 together. After all, cucumbers were also exported to these countries. How come no Spanish cucumber could be found with the deadly bacteria in any of these countries? Keep in mind that Spaniards eat their own cucumbers too, and no case was reported there. So, they swiftly proceeded to test the cucumbers of the organic farm that allegedly had provoked the outbreak. Again, if three cucumbers were carrying the bacteria, then, logic told them, more cucumbers would had to be involved, and the bacteria should still be found on the farm. So they tested and tested and found none. Then, they tested many other farms and could not find any trace of E. coli. They reasonably concluded that Spanish cucumbers were not the culprit. To put it mildly, the Spanish politicians were not impressed by German finger pointing...

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