Cherry Morocco containing toxins produced by E. coli.

Shiga Toxin CAN THE CAUSE TO THE VARIOUS SEVERE HUMAN DISEASES.

The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed, RASFF), It is reported that the cherry tomatoes that caused food poisoning in France contained Shiga toxin, generated by Escherichia coli bacteria (E.coli).

This toxin can result in severe human diseases such as hemorrhagic colitis (CH), Hemolytic uremic syndrome (SUH) and Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (PPT).

Recall that last 20 May the French authorities dated 16 May the presence of pathogenic microorganisms in cherry tomato from Morocco. The tomatoes were removed from the market, and they had been distributed via France, in addition to the French market itself, in the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Slovakia and the United Kingdom.

On the other hand, the Government of Morocco, through its Ministry of Agriculture, It issued a statement in which he claimed that the cherry tomatoes that had been withdrawn from circulation in several European countries have showed no irregularities, after being examined by the competent bodies Moroccan.

The day 23 This May, the Moroccan portal "H24info", associated with "Le Figaro", reported that a total of 26 cases of food poisoning had occurred in France, as a result of cherry tomato intake from Morocco.

The victims had suffered symptoms of digestive type, like vomiting, abdominal cramps and sore throat, with a short duration as indicated by the health authorities French, detected in a short space of time after consumption of tomatoes, in all cases, cherry tomato had consumed Morocco.