The Food Standards Agency says it is revising its guidance on the consumption of sprouted seeds in light of an outbreak of E. coli in France.

The BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13918692

The FSA is advising that seeds such as alfalfa, beansprouts and fenugreek should be cooked thoroughly and not eaten raw.

Officials are continuing to investigate a possible link between seeds sold by a UK firm and the French cases.

News agency AFP said 10 people have been affected by E. coli in Bordeaux.

It is thought a number of those had eaten rocket and mustard vegetable sprouts, believed to have been grown from seeds sold by Thompson and Morgan.

The Ipswich-based company told the BBC it had no evidence of a link. The FSA said no E. coli cases had been reported in the UK.

An FSA spokesman told the BBC: "No cases of food poisoning have been reported in the UK linked with the outbreak in France but we are in close contact with the Health Protection Agency.

"We have asked for further information from the French authorities with regard to the three named type of seeds to help us carry out investigations in the UK."
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