Among the 25 or so items that go into Ruq's dish are local chillies, garlic, mustard greens, bean sprouts and limes.

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Officials in the country are awaiting full results of further tests to confirm this, but are advising people to stop eating bean sprouts.

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When Hostess Brands Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month, just three years after it emerged from its last bankruptcy, the media took a break from its usual reporting on obesity and proclaimed that Hostess was a victim of a suddenly healthy-eating society that has, unnoticed by you or me, taken to dunking organic bean sprouts in its coffee.

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