Via Food Safety News: Q&A: Former WHO Food Safety Head on the Outbreak. Excerpt from an informative interview:
As part of our ongoing expert Q&A series, a conversation with Jorgen Schlundt, former head of Food Safety, Zoonoses, and Foodborne Diseases at the World Health Organization, now the deputy director of the National Food Institute in Denmark, on the unfolding E. coli catastrophe centered in Germany and what it means for EU food safety coordination.
Q: I can imagine you are very busy right now. What's the latest on the outbreak?
A: We're following this from the side, the main event is really in Germany. It seems to be clear that it is cucumbers and/or tomato salad ... we have 14 Danes [sickened in the outbreak.] We're trying to manage this in Germany and in Denmark.
Q: Do you think the outbreak will continue to grow, or have we seen the worst?
A: We really cannot know. I personally don't think it will get that much bigger, but it has grown pretty fast. It might be that we haven't reached the peak yet, but the numbers seem to be stabilizing.
