Russia banned imports of fresh vegetables from the European Union, accusing Brussels of sowing chaos by failing to give sufficient information about a deadly E.coli outbreak. The outbreak has killed 17 people and made more than 1,500 others ill, and food poisoning is spreading across Europe. The source of the infection is still unclear. "I would call the action of the EU health regulators and the other European bodies responsible for this disgrace unprofessional and irresponsible," said Gennady Onishchenko, the head of the Russian consumer protection agency Rospotrebnadzor. The European Commission contends that the move was disproportionate and urged Russia to end its ban immediately. "The European Commission protested to the Russian Federation this afternoon with regard to the Russian ban imposed earlier today on all EU vegetable exports to Russia and requested the immediate withdrawal of the measure," an EU executive said in a statement.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/02/us-ecoli-russia-idUSTRE7514OG20110602
http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=339889 (video)
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