Spain claims $115m for cucumber crisis
MADRID Spain now says it will claim $115m in European Union compensation for the cucumber crisis, far less than it first estimated.
Austria said Sunday it has taken Spanish cucumbers off the shelves of some 30 stores amid an outbreak of bacteria poisoning blamed for 10 deaths in neighbouring Germany.The AGES health agency said 33 Austrian stores had received deliveries of vegetables sourced from Spanish distributors suspected of having exported products contaminated with enterohaemorrhagic E.