MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia banned imports of fresh vegetables from the European Union on Thursday, accusing Brussels of sowing chaos by failing to give sufficient information about a deadly E.coli outbreak.
The European Commission said Moscow's move was disproportionate. The outbreak has killed 17 people and made more than 1,500 others ill, and food poisoning is spreading from Germany across Europe.
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