The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has revised its consumer advice on the consumption of sprouts and sprouting seeds. The authority is no longer advising consumers not to grow sprouts for their own consumption and not to eat sprouts or sprouted seeds unless they have been cooked throughly. It now recommends that consumers look to their own member states advice on sprout/sprouting seed consumption. It also reminds consumers about hygiene when handling and consuming fresh vegetables, such as washing hands and foods properly and separarting raw and cooked foods.
They have also published a comprehensive report on the outbreak of E.col O104 earlier this year.
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