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Though Russian President Dmitry Medvedev promised to lift the ban on EU vegetables, it is still in effect - AP.
The European Union on Wednesday lashed out at Russian officials for having yet to lift an E coli—prompted ban on EU vegetables, five days after President Dmitry Medvedev promised to do so at an EU—Russia summit.
“The (European) Commission today expressed its profound dissatisfaction that the lifting of the ban ... has not yet been implemented,” Commission spokeswoman Pia Ahrenkilde said, noting that contacts “at diplomatic level” are to be made by trade officials.
“After the end of the summit, there was confirmation and a clear identification of the source of the contamination, which once again, and in a totally clear manner, underlined that this measure, which was already disproportionate, has no reason to be,” she added.
German health officials have identified sprouts grown from beans or peas as the carriers of the virulent E coli strain, which has killed at least 37 people — almost all in Germany.
Russia implemented its ban in early June, when it was still unclear how the bacterium was being spread.
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