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Australian beef drawn into Japan E. coli alert

RadioNZ 06/02/2011 18:01
Australian beef drawn into Japan E. coli alert - Japan - Asia - health


There are claims Australian beef imports could be linked to E. coli outbreaks in Japan.



The Japanese authorities are looking into two outbreaks, one of which has killed four people since April.

The E coli is of a different type to that which has killed 18 people in an outbreak Europe.

Both outbreaks in Japan of the O157 strain E. coli are linked to Korean-style barbecue restaurants.

In the latest, the operator has apologised and says it suspects the infections might have been caused by beef from Australia.

However a public health inspection of the affected restaurant did not find E. coli bacteria.



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