Rosa Aguilar said Tuesday that Spain would seek compensation for the losses caused by the E.coli infection crisis.

 Spanish Environment Minister Rosa Aguilar stated Tuesday that Spain would seek compensation for the losses caused by the E.coli infection crisis.

Fourteen people in Germany have died from E.coli bacteria infection and hundreds of other people have been infected by the epidemic, supposedly spread by cucumbers imported from Spain.

Germany said it detected the potentially hazardous bacteria on organic cucumbers imported from two producers in southern Spain's Andalucia.

Madrid, even so, has rejected the blame, saying that it remained unclear whether or not the E.coli outbreak had its roots in Spain or the cucumbers were contaminated en-route or elsewhere. Spanish producers insisted that they had been not the cause, but victims of the "cucumber crisis."

It has led to the paralysis of almost all Spanish agricultural exports to central Europe, with subsequent weekly losses estimated at 200 million euros (282 million U.S. dollars).

Spain has so far reported one case of E.coli infection: a 43-year-old man who is currently in a crucial state in a hospital in the northern city of San Sebastian. He traveled to Germany along with the Czech Republic shortly prior to becoming admitted into hospital, local media stated.

"We are in an extraordinary scenario, which is severe and crucial for the agricultural sector," said Aguilar over Spanish national Television.

Aguilar produced it clear that Spain was asking Germany to clear up doubts over the origin of the E.coli infection.

Spain was "dissatisfied" with the way Germany has handled the crisis, which has discredited the Spanish agricultural business, she said.

"Germany has to work fast to give transparent and necessary details to ensure that all the EU knows just where the difficulty is," she said.

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