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The bean-sprout supplier, located in southern Lower Saxony, has been shut down and its products have been recalled.

Bean Sprouts Are New E. Coli Suspect Laura Stevens 2011

The bean-sprout supplier, located in southern Lower Saxony, has been shut down and its products have been recalled.

Bean Sprouts Are New E. Coli Suspect Laura Stevens 2011

Although the initial investigation in Porsche's dealings was closed in March, BaFin is reopening its inquiry following allegations that Porsche had told the state of Lower Saxony, which is VW's second-biggest shareholder, that it was gunning for a 75 per cent stake in February 2008, many months before making the plans public.

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Photo: AFP PHOTO/CHRISTIAN CHARISIUS The German state of Lower Saxony said it will test further samples of bean sprouts, which German officials thought might be behind the deadly outbreak, to see if they are infected with the strain.

E. coli's Trigger Remains a Mystery Laura Stevens 2011

Regional officials in the state of Lower Saxony proclaimed June 5 that the vegetable sprouts were the likely culprit after several leads suggested a link, but then reported the next day that tests to date on samples from the farm had come up negative.

Germany Now Says Sprouts Are to Blame for Outbreak Laura Stevens 2011

Regional officials in the state of Lower Saxony proclaimed June 5 that the vegetable sprouts were the likely culprit after several leads suggested a link, but then reported the next day that tests to date on samples from the farm had come up negative.

Germany Now Says Sprouts Are to Blame for Outbreak Laura Stevens 2011

A 3% voting stake would also make Volkswagen's employees the company's fourth-largest shareholder after Porsche Automobil Holding SE, which has a 50.7% stake, the German state of Lower Saxony with just above 20% and Qatar Holding LLC's 17%.

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But agriculture ministry officials in the German state of Lower Saxony said they had found links between an area bean-sprout supplier and at least five restaurants where diners were later found to have been infected with the deadly bacterial strain.

Bean Sprouts Are New E. Coli Suspect Laura Stevens 2011

Photo: AFP PHOTO/CHRISTIAN CHARISIUS The German state of Lower Saxony said it will test further samples of bean sprouts, which German officials thought might be behind the deadly outbreak, to see if they are infected with the strain.

E. coli's Trigger Remains a Mystery Laura Stevens 2011

But agriculture ministry officials in the German state of Lower Saxony said they had found links between an area bean-sprout supplier and at least five restaurants where diners were later found to have been infected with the deadly bacterial strain.

Bean Sprouts Are New E. Coli Suspect Laura Stevens 2011