President of the German federal institute for risk assessment (BfR) Andeas Hensel (L) and head of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) Reinhard Burger arrive for a news conference in Berlin, June 10, 2011. New data shows that bean sprouts are the most likely source of the outbreak of E.coli which has killed 30 people so far, all but one of them in Germany, the country's health authorities said on Friday. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH SOCIETY SCI TECH) 

President of the German federal institute for risk assessment (BfR) Andeas Hensel (L) and head of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) Reinhard Burger address the media in Berlin, June 10, 2011. New data shows that bean sprouts are the most likely source of the outbreak of E.coli which has killed 30 people so far, all but one of them in Germany, the country's health authorities said on Friday. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH SOCIETY SCI TECH) 

Reinhard Burger, head of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), addresses the media in Berlin, June 10, 2011. New data shows that bean sprouts are the most likely source of the outbreak of E.coli which has killed 30 people so far, all but one of them in Germany, the country's health authorities said on Friday. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH SOCIETY SCI TECH) 

Reinhard Burger, head of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), addresses the media in Berlin, June 10, 2011. New data shows that bean sprouts are the most likely source of the outbreak of E.coli which has killed 30 people so far, all but one of them in Germany, the country's health authorities said on Friday. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH SOCIETY SCI TECH) 

Reinhard Burger, head of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), addresses the media in Berlin, June 10, 2011. New data shows that bean sprouts are the most likely source of the outbreak of E.coli which has killed 30 people so far, all but one of them in Germany, the country's health authorities said on Friday. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH SOCIETY SCI TECH) 

German Health Minister Daniel Bahr (R) and Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner give a statement to the media during a break of a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, June 10, 2011. New data has confirmed that bean sprouts are the most likely source of the deadly E.coli outbreak in Germany, German health authorities said on Friday. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

German Health Minister Daniel Bahr (R) and Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner give a statement to the media during a break of a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, June 10, 2011. New data has confirmed that bean sprouts are the most likely source of the deadly E.coli outbreak in Germany, German health authorities said on Friday. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

German Health Minister Daniel Bahr (R) and Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner arrive to give a statement to the media during a break of a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, June 10, 2011. New data has confirmed that bean sprouts are the most likely source of the deadly E.coli outbreak in Germany, German health authorities said on Friday. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

German Health Minister Daniel Bahr (R) and Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner give a statement to the media during a break of a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, June 10, 2011. New data has confirmed that bean sprouts are the most likely source of the deadly E.coli outbreak in Germany, German health authorities said on Friday. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

German Health Minister Daniel Bahr (R) and Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner arrive to give a statement to the media during a break of a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, June 10, 2011. New data has confirmed that bean sprouts are the most likely source of the deadly E.coli outbreak in Germany, German health authorities said on Friday. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Vegetable farmer Niels Peter Posewang sits amongst piles of cucumbers on his farm in Hamburg-Allermoehe, June 9, 2011. The German government has been criticised at home and around Europe for failing so far to pin down the cause of the E.coli outbreak that has killed 27 and stricken more than 2,700 people in 12 countries. So far, bean sprouts, cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce have all been suspected of spreading the EHEC (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) bacteria. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer (GERMANY - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS) 

Vegetable farmer Niels Peter Posewang sits amongst cucumbers on his farm in Hamburg-Allermoehe, June 9, 2011. The German government has been criticised at home and around Europe for failing so far to pin down the cause of the E.coli outbreak that has killed 27 and stricken more than 2,700 people in 12 countries. So far, bean sprouts, cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce have all been suspected of spreading the EHEC (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) bacteria. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer (GERMANY - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS) 

Vegetable farmer Niels Peter Posewang stacks cucumbers at his farm in Hamburg-Allermoehe, June 9, 2011. The German government has been criticised at home and around Europe for failing so far to pin down the cause of the E.coli outbreak that has killed 27 and stricken more than 2,700 people in 12 countries. So far, bean sprouts, cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce have all been suspected of spreading the EHEC bacteria (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) . REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer (GERMANY - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS) 

Vegetable farmer Niels Peter Posewang stacks cucumbers at his farm in Hamburg-Allermoehe, June 9, 2011. The German government has been criticised at home and around Europe for failing so far to pin down the cause of the E.coli outbreak that has killed 27 and stricken more than 2,700 people in 12 countries. So far, bean sprouts, cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce have all been suspected of spreading the EHEC bacteria (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) . REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer (GERMANY - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS) 

Specialist Jelena Kovalkova looks at a petri dish as she works to isolate the Escherichia coli (E.coli) bacteria strain at the Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment in Riga June 9, 2011. More than 1,600 people have been infected by a toxic strain of E.coli bacteria that has killed at least 17 and may be the deadliest yet in human history. Latvian government officials on Thursday informed media of stringent monitoring and control over its food sources, and the country has yet to be hit with any E.coli related cases. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LATVIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT HEALTH SCI TECH) 

A woman sells vegetables at a market in central St. Petersburg June 9, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said last Friday that Russia will not consider lifting a ban on European Union vegetable imports until it hears from the EU about the source of a deadly E.coli outbreak. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS AGRICULTURE) 

A woman sells vegetables at a market in central St. Petersburg June 9, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said last Friday that Russia will not consider lifting a ban on European Union vegetable imports until it hears from the EU about the source of a deadly E.coli outbreak. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS AGRICULTURE) 

Vegetables and fruits are on display at a market in central St. Petersburg June 9, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said last Friday that Russia will not consider lifting a ban on European Union vegetable imports until it hears from the EU about the source of a deadly E.coli outbreak. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS AGRICULTURE) 

Cucumbers are on display at a market in central St. Petersburg June 9, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said last Friday that Russia will not consider lifting a ban on European Union vegetable imports until it hears from the EU about the source of a deadly E.coli outbreak. The cucumbers are brought from Kuban, a district in southern Russia, according to the price tag. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS AGRICULTURE) 

A woman sells vegetables and fruit at a market in central St. Petersburg June 9, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said last Friday that Russia will not consider lifting a ban on European Union vegetable imports until it hears from the EU about the source of a deadly E.coli outbreak. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Cucumbers, tomatoes and cherries are on display at a market in central St. Petersburg June 9, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said last Friday that Russia will not consider lifting a ban on European Union vegetable imports until it hears from the EU about the source of a deadly E.coli outbreak. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS AGRICULTURE) 

A woman sells vegetables at a market in central St. Petersburg June 9, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said last Friday that Russia will not consider lifting a ban on European Union vegetable imports until it hears from the EU about the source of a deadly E.coli outbreak. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS AGRICULTURE) 

Hungarian cucumbers are tested for bacteria at the Food and Feed Safety Directorate of the Central Agricultural Office in Budapest June 9, 2011. Hungary has not reported any E.coli related cases. The EU has increased compensation to 210 million euros to farmers hit by falling sales after Germany first blamed cucumbers from Spain and other salad vegetables and then German bean sprouts for an E.coli outbreak. German authorities have not yet pinned down the cause of the outbreak. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY - Tags: AGRICULTURE HEALTH) 

A laboratory worker tests Hungarian cucumbers for bacteria at the Food and Feed Safety Directorate of the Central Agricultural Office in Budapest June 9, 2011. Hungary has not reported any E.coli related cases. The EU has increased compensation to 210 million euros to farmers hit by falling sales after Germany first blamed cucumbers from Spain and other salad vegetables and then German bean sprouts for an E.coli outbreak. German authorities have not yet pinned down the cause of the outbreak. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY - Tags: AGRICULTURE HEALTH) 

A laboratory worker tests Hungarian cucumbers for bacteria at the Food and Feed Safety Directorate of the Central Agricultural Office in Budapest June 9, 2011. Hungary has not reported any E.coli related cases. The EU has increased compensation to 210 million euros to farmers hit by falling sales after Germany first blamed cucumbers from Spain and other salad vegetables and then German bean sprouts for an E.coli outbreak. German authorities have not yet pinned down the cause of the outbreak. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY - Tags: AGRICULTURE HEALTH) 

A laboratory worker tests Hungarian cucumbers for bacteria at the Food and Feed Safety Directorate of the Central Agricultural Office in Budapest June 9, 2011. Hungary has not reported any E.coli related cases. The EU has increased compensation to 210 million euros to farmers hit by falling sales after Germany first blamed cucumbers from Spain and other salad vegetables and then German bean sprouts for an E.coli outbreak. German authorities have not yet pinned down the cause of the outbreak. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY - Tags: AGRICULTURE HEALTH) 

A laboratory worker slices Hungarian cucumbers for testing for bacteria at the Food and Feed Safety Directorate of the Central Agricultural Office in Budapest June 9, 2011. Hungary has not reported any E.coli related cases. The EU has increased compensation to 210 million euros to farmers hit by falling sales after Germany first blamed cucumbers from Spain and other salad vegetables and then German bean sprouts for an E.coli outbreak. German authorities have not yet pinned down the cause of the outbreak.. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY - Tags: AGRICULTURE HEALTH) 

A laboratory worker tests Hungarian cucumbers for bacteria at the Food and Feed Safety Directorate of the Central Agricultural Office in Budapest June 9, 2011. Hungary has not reported any E.coli related cases. The EU has increased compensation to 210 million euros to farmers hit by falling sales after Germany first blamed cucumbers from Spain and other salad vegetables and then German bean sprouts for an E.coli outbreak. German authorities have not yet pinned down the cause of the outbreak. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY - Tags: AGRICULTURE HEALTH) 

An Austrian scientist holds a petri dish with bacterial strains of EHEC bacteria (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli.) in the microbiological laboratory of the The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) in Vienna June 9 , 2011. The German government has been criticised at home and around Europe for failing so far to pin down the cause of the E.coli outbreak that has killed 27 and stricken more than 2,700 people in 12 countries. All cases have been traced back to near Hamburg in northern Germany. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (AUSTRIA - Tags: SCI TECH HEALTH IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Gergana Krumova, a laboratory technician in a microbiological laboratory at the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, works to isolate Escherichia coli (E.coli) bacteria strain in Sofia June 9, 2011. The European Union on Wednesday upped compensation to 210 million euros from 150 million for farmers hit by plummeting sales, after Germany first blamed cucumbers from Spain and other salad vegetables, and then German bean sprouts. Bulgaria has not registered cases of infections from the strain of Escherichia coli (E.coli) bacteria that has killed 27 people in Europe. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov (BULGARIA - Tags: AGRICULTURE HEALTH SOCIETY SCI TECH) 

Gergana Krumova, a laboratory technician in a microbiological laboratory at the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, works to isolate Escherichia coli (E.coli) bacteria strain in Sofia June 9, 2011. The European Union on Wednesday upped compensation to 210 million euros from 150 million for farmers hit by plummeting sales, after Germany first blamed cucumbers from Spain and other salad vegetables, and then German bean sprouts. Bulgaria has not registered cases of infections from the strain of Escherichia coli (E.coli) bacteria that has killed 27 people in Europe. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov (BULGARIA - Tags: AGRICULTURE HEALTH SOCIETY SCI TECH) 

A graph showing examples of a bacterial growth mediums including a few of Escherichia coli (E.coli) bacterias displayed in a microbiological laboratory at the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency in Sofia June 9, 2011. The European Union on Wednesday upped compensation to 210 million euros from 150 million for farmers hit by plummeting sales, after Germany first blamed cucumbers from Spain and other salad vegetables, and then German bean sprouts. Bulgaria has not registered cases of infections from the strain of Escherichia coli (E.coli) bacteria that has killed 27 people in Europe. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov (BULGARIA - Tags: AGRICULTURE HEALTH SOCIETY SCI TECH) 

Gergana Krumova, a laboratory technician in a microbiological laboratory at the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, works to isolate Escherichia coli (E.coli) bacteria strain in Sofia June 9, 2011. The European Union on Wednesday upped compensation to 210 million euros from 150 million for farmers hit by plummeting sales, after Germany first blamed cucumbers from Spain and other salad vegetables, and then German bean sprouts. Bulgaria has not registered cases of infections from the strain of Escherichia coli (E.coli) bacteria that has killed 27 people in Europe. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov (BULGARIA - Tags: AGRICULTURE HEALTH SOCIETY SCI TECH) 

Gergana Krumova, a laboratory technician in a microbiological laboratory at the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, works to isolate Escherichia coli (E.coli) bacteria strain in Sofia June 9, 2011. The European Union on Wednesday upped compensation to 210 million euros from 150 million for farmers hit by plummeting sales, after Germany first blamed cucumbers from Spain and other salad vegetables, and then German bean sprouts. Bulgaria has not registered cases of infections from the strain of Escherichia coli (E.coli) bacteria that has killed 27 people in Europe. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov (BULGARIA - Tags: AGRICULTURE HEALTH SOCIETY SCI TECH) 

A slice of cucumber is pictured in this illustration photo taken in Berlin June 9, 2011. German ministers on Wednesday defended their response to the E.coli outbreak that has killed 27 people and signalled possible changes in the way the country handles health crises in the future. Although the hunt for the source of infection now focuses on German-grown bean sprouts, cucumbers were back in the spotlight after traces of the E.coli strain were found in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on cucumbers in a family's rubbish. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski (GERMANY - Tags: FOOD HEALTH) 

A slice of cucumber is pictured in this illustration photo taken in Berlin June 9, 2011. German ministers on Wednesday defended their response to the E.coli outbreak that has killed 27 people and signalled possible changes in the way the country handles health crises in the future. Although the hunt for the source of infection now focuses on German-grown bean sprouts, cucumbers were back in the spotlight after traces of the E.coli strain were found in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on cucumbers in a family's rubbish. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski (GERMANY - Tags: FOOD HEALTH) 

Slices of cucumber are pictured in this illustration photo taken in Berlin June 9, 2011. German ministers on Wednesday defended their response to the E.coli outbreak that has killed 27 people and signalled possible changes in the way the country handles health crises in the future. Although the hunt for the source of infection now focuses on German-grown bean sprouts, cucumbers were back in the spotlight after traces of the E.coli strain were found in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on cucumbers in a family's rubbish. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski (GERMANY - Tags: FOOD HEALTH) 

A shop assistant sells vegetables and fruit at a kiosk in central Moscow June 9, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said last Friday that Russia will not consider lifting a ban on European Union vegetable imports until it hears from the EU about the source of a deadly E.coli outbreak. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin (RUSSIA - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS) 

A shop assistant sells vegetables at a kiosk in central Moscow June 9, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said last Friday that Russia will not consider lifting a ban on European Union vegetable imports until it hears from the EU about the source of a deadly E.coli outbreak. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin (RUSSIA - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS) 

A worker unloads discarded vegetables at the Albahida vegetable recycling plant in Nijar, in the southern Spanish region of Almeria, June 8, 2011. On Tuesday the European Union offered farmers 150 million euros in aid to reimburse producers who have been unable to sell fruit and salad vegetables for nearly two weeks after being erroneously blamed for an E.coli outbreak in Germany". They want to fob us off with 150 million (euros). It's shameful, it's humiliating when losses in our country are above 350 million," Miguel Lopez, general secretary of the COAG farmers' union told reporters. REUTERS/Francisco Bonilla (SPAIN - Tags: HEALTH BUSINESS AGRICULTURE) 

Discarded vegetables lie on the ground at the Albahida vegetable recycling plant in Nijar, in the southern Spanish region of Almeria, June 8, 2011. On Tuesday the European Union offered farmers 150 million euros in aid to reimburse producers who have been unable to sell fruit and salad vegetables for nearly two weeks after being erroneously blamed for an E.coli outbreak in Germany". They want to fob us off with 150 million (euros). It's shameful, it's humiliating when losses in our country are above 350 million," Miguel Lopez, general secretary of the COAG farmers' union told reporters. REUTERS/Francisco Bonilla (SPAIN - Tags: HEALTH BUSINESS AGRICULTURE) 

A digger unloads discarded vegetables into a pile of vegetable residue at the Albahida vegetable recycling plant in Nijar, in the southern Spanish region of Almeria, June 8, 2011. On Tuesday the European Union offered farmers 150 million euros in aid to reimburse producers who have been unable to sell fruit and salad vegetables for nearly two weeks after being erroneously blamed for an E.coli outbreak in Germany". They want to fob us off with 150 million (euros). It's shameful, it's humiliating when losses in our country are above 350 million," Miguel Lopez, general secretary of the COAG farmers' union told reporters.REUTERS/Francisco Bonilla (SPAIN - Tags: HEALTH AGRICULTURE BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A digger mixes discarded vegetables with compost in a pile of vegetable residue at the Albahida vegetable recycling plant in Nijar, in the southern Spanish region of Almeria, June 8, 2011. On Tuesday the European Union offered farmers 150 million euros in aid to reimburse producers who have been unable to sell fruit and salad vegetables for nearly two weeks after being erroneously blamed for an E.coli outbreak in Germany". They want to fob us off with 150 million (euros). It's shameful, it's humiliating when losses in our country are above 350 million," Miguel Lopez, general secretary of the COAG farmers' union told reporters. REUTERS/Francisco Bonilla (SPAIN - Tags: HEALTH BUSINESS AGRICULTURE) 

A digger unloads discarded vegetables into a pile of vegetable residue at the Albahida vegetable recycling plant in Nijar, in the southern Spanish region of Almeria, June 8, 2011. On Tuesday the European Union offered farmers 150 million euros in aid to reimburse producers who have been unable to sell fruit and salad vegetables for nearly two weeks after being erroneously blamed for an E.coli outbreak in Germany". They want to fob us off with 150 million (euros). It's shameful, it's humiliating when losses in our country are above 350 million," Miguel Lopez, general secretary of the COAG farmers' union told reporters. REUTERS/Francisco Bonilla (SPAIN - Tags: HEALTH AGRICULTURE BUSINESS) 

Discarded vegetables are unloaded into a pile of vegetable residue at the Albahida vegetable recycling plant in Nijar, in the southern Spanish region of Almeria, June 8, 2011. On Tuesday the European Union offered farmers 150 million euros in aid to reimburse producers who have been unable to sell fruit and salad vegetables for nearly two weeks after being erroneously blamed for an E.coli outbreak in Germany". They want to fob us off with 150 million (euros). It's shameful, it's humiliating when losses in our country are above 350 million," Miguel Lopez, general secretary of the COAG farmers' union told reporters. REUTERS/Francisco Bonilla (SPAIN - Tags: HEALTH BUSINESS AGRICULTURE) 

A worker stands next to a digger unloading discarded vegetables into a pile of vegetable residue at the Albahida vegetable recycling plant in Nijar, in the southern Spanish region of Almeria, June 8, 2011. On Tuesday the European Union offered farmers 150 million euros in aid to reimburse producers who have been unable to sell fruit and salad vegetables for nearly two weeks after being erroneously blamed for an E.coli outbreak in Germany". They want to fob us off with 150 million (euros). It's shameful, it's humiliating when losses in our country are above 350 million," Miguel Lopez, general secretary of the COAG farmers' union told reporters. REUTERS/Francisco Bonilla (SPAIN - Tags: HEALTH BUSINESS AGRICULTURE) 

German Health Minister Daniel Bahr reacts during a news conference after a meeting with European Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli in Berlin, June 8, 2011. Germany expects the death toll from the E.coli outbreak to rise although the number of new infections from the virulent strain of bacteria that has killed 24 people is likely to drop, the government said on Wednesday. Dalli urged Germany to seek the help of international experts in dealing with what may be the deadliest outbreak of EHEC bacteria (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) so far, which has stricken over 2,400 people in 12 countries. All cases have been traced back to near Hamburg in northern Germany. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS SCI TECH HEALTH) 

German Health Minister Daniel Bahr (L) and Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner address a news conference after a meeting with European Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli in Berlin, June 8, 2011. Germany expects the death toll from the E.coli outbreak to rise although the number of new infections from the virulent strain of bacteria that has killed 24 people is likely to drop, the government said on Wednesday. Dalli urged Germany to seek the help of international experts in dealing with what may be the deadliest outbreak of EHEC bacteria (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) so far, which has stricken over 2,400 people in 12 countries. All cases have been traced back to near Hamburg in northern Germany. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

German Health Minister Daniel Bahr (L) and Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner address a news conference after a meeting with European Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli in Berlin, June 8, 2011. Germany expects the death toll from the E.coli outbreak to rise although the number of new infections from the virulent strain of bacteria that has killed 24 people is likely to drop, the government said on Wednesday. Dalli urged Germany to seek the help of international experts in dealing with what may be the deadliest outbreak of EHEC bacteria (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) so far, which has stricken over 2,400 people in 12 countries. All cases have been traced back to near Hamburg in northern Germany. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

German Health Minister Daniel Bahr (L) and Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner address a news conference after a meeting with European Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli in Berlin, June 8, 2011. Germany expects the death toll from the E.coli outbreak to rise although the number of new infections from the virulent strain of bacteria that has killed 24 people is likely to drop, the government said on Wednesday. Dalli urged Germany to seek the help of international experts in dealing with what may be the deadliest outbreak of EHEC bacteria (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) so far, which has stricken over 2,400 people in 12 countries. All cases have been traced back to near Hamburg in northern Germany. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

German Health Minister Daniel Bahr (L) and Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner address a news conference after a meeting with European Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli in Berlin, June 8, 2011. Germany expects the death toll from the E.coli outbreak to rise although the number of new infections from the virulent strain of bacteria that has killed 24 people is likely to drop, the government said on Wednesday. Dalli urged Germany to seek the help of international experts in dealing with what may be the deadliest outbreak of EHEC bacteria (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) so far, which has stricken over 2,400 people in 12 countries. All cases have been traced back to near Hamburg in northern Germany. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

European Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli, German Health Minister Daniel Bahr and Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner (L-R) address a news conference after a meeting in Berlin, June 8, 2011. Germany expects the death toll from the E.coli outbreak to rise although the number of new infections from the virulent strain of bacteria that has killed 24 people is likely to drop, the government said on Wednesday. Dalli urged Germany to seek the help of international experts in dealing with what may be the deadliest outbreak of EHEC bacteria (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) so far, which has stricken over 2,400 people in 12 countries. All cases have been traced back to near Hamburg in northern Germany. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner changes name plates of Health Minister Daniel Bahr and herself during a news conference following a meeting with European Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli in Berlin, June 8, 2011. Germany expects the death toll from the E.coli outbreak to rise although the number of new infections from the virulent strain of bacteria that has killed 24 people is likely to drop, the government said on Wednesday. Dalli urged Germany to seek the help of international experts in dealing with what may be the deadliest outbreak of EHEC bacteria (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) so far, which has stricken over 2,400 people in 12 countries. All cases have been traced back to near Hamburg in northern Germany. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS SCI TECH HEALTH) 

German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner changes name plates of Health Minister Daniel Bahr and herself during a news conference following a meeting with European Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli in Berlin, June 8, 2011. Germany expects the death toll from the E.coli outbreak to rise although the number of new infections from the virulent strain of bacteria that has killed 24 people is likely to drop, the government said on Wednesday. Dalli urged Germany to seek the help of international experts in dealing with what may be the deadliest outbreak of EHEC bacteria (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) so far, which has stricken over 2,400 people in 12 countries. All cases have been traced back to near Hamburg in northern Germany. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS SCI TECH HEALTH) 

European Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli, German Health Minister Daniel Bahr and Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner (L-R) address a news conference after a meeting in Berlin, June 8, 2011. Germany expects the death toll from the E.coli outbreak to rise although the number of new infections from the virulent strain of bacteria that has killed 24 people is likely to drop, the government said on Wednesday. Dalli urged Germany to seek the help of international experts in dealing with what may be the deadliest outbreak of EHEC bacteria (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) so far, which has stricken over 2,400 people in 12 countries. All cases have been traced back to near Hamburg in northern Germany. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

European Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli addresses a news conference after talks with German Health Minister Daniel Bahr and Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner in Berlin, June 8, 2011.Germany expects the death toll from the E.coli outbreak to rise although the number of new infections from the virulent strain of bacteria that has killed 24 people is likely to drop, the government said on Wednesday. Dalli urged Germany to seek the help of international experts in dealing with what may be the deadliest outbreak of EHEC bacteria (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) so far, which has stricken over 2,400 people in 12 countries. All cases have been traced back to near Hamburg in northern Germany. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANYPOLITICS HEALTH - Tags: POLITICS SCI TECH HEALTH HEADSHOT) 

German Health Minister Daniel Bahr (C) shakes hands with European Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli next to Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner as he leaves a news conference in Berlin, June 8, 2011. Germany expects the death toll from the E.coli outbreak to rise although the number of new infections from the virulent strain of bacteria that has killed 24 people is likely to drop, the government said on Wednesday. Dalli urged Germany to seek the help of international experts in dealing with what may be the deadliest outbreak of EHEC bacteria (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) so far, which has stricken over 2,400 people in 12 countries. All cases have been traced back to near Hamburg in northern Germany. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS SCI TECH HEALTH) 

European Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli, German Health Minister Daniel Bahr and Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner (L- 2nd R) address a news conference after a meeting in Berlin, June 8, 2011. Germany expects the death toll from the E.coli outbreak to rise although the number of new infections from the virulent strain of bacteria that has killed 24 people is likely to drop, the government said on Wednesday. Dalli urged Germany to seek the help of international experts in dealing with what may be the deadliest outbreak of EHEC bacteria (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) so far, which has stricken over 2,400 people in 12 countries. All cases have been traced back to near Hamburg in northern Germany. Man at right is unidentified. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

European Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli, German Health Minister Daniel Bahr and Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner (L-R) address a news conference after a meeting in Berlin, June 8, 2011. Germany expects the death toll from the E.coli outbreak to rise although the number of new infections from the virulent strain of bacteria that has killed 24 people is likely to drop, the government said on Wednesday. Dalli urged Germany to seek the help of international experts in dealing with what may be the deadliest outbreak of EHEC bacteria (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) so far, which has stricken over 2,400 people in 12 countries. All cases have been traced back to near Hamburg in northern Germany. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

European Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli, German Health Minister Daniel Bahr and Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner (L-R) address a news conference after a meeting in Berlin, June 8, 2011. Germany expects the death toll from the E.coli outbreak to rise although the number of new infections from the virulent strain of bacteria that has killed 24 people is likely to drop, the government said on Wednesday. Dalli urged Germany to seek the help of international experts in dealing with what may be the deadliest outbreak of EHEC bacteria (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) so far, that has stricken over 2,400 people in 12 countries. All cases have been traced back to near Hamburg in northern Germany. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH)