Press release 33/2011 from 26.06.2011 | Last changed: 12.07.2013
Federal Environment Agency gives the all-clear signal on EHEC in drinking water
… spread of EHEC The risk of EHEC breaking out via drinking water can be ruled out. Intestinal bacteria are almost never present in large water supply systems that are … of water. As the proportion of the population infected with EHEC is very low, the intestinal bacteria which may be present in waste water only rarely proves to be EHEC. … that have been taken in the meantime, and it was no longer present in follow-up tests. There has been no indication whatsoever to date that the EHEC strain which …