German Officials Wrong Again

In a surprising turn of events. Germany now admits that the deadly E.coli outbreak is not due to sprouts. The cause still remains unknown:

Germany: No proof sprouts caused E.coli outbreak

In a surprising U-turn, German officials said initial tests published Monday provided no evidence that sprouts from an organic farm in northern Germany were the cause of the country's deadly E. coli outbreak.

"The search for the outbreak's cause is very difficult as several weeks have passed since its suspected start," the ministry said in a statement, cautioning that further testing of the sprouts and their seeds was necessary to achieve full certainty.

The current crisis is the deadliest known E. coli outbreak, killing at least 22 people and sickening more than 2,300 across Europe.

Suspicion for the cause of the E. coli outbreak had initially fallen on contaminated cucumbers from Spain, but researchers then concluded that the cucumbers were contaminated with a different strain of E.coli

Further tests are ongoing. For now - the cause remains completely unknown.