Eating raw foods can pose risks.

Around 3,000 EHEC and 855 HUS diseases:

On July 26, 2011, the RKI officially declared the largest EHEC (Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli) outbreak in Germany to have ended: the authorities registered a total of 3,842 cases of the disease, 2,987 EHEC and 855 HUS diseases. Nationwide, 35 people have died as a result of HUS disease, another 18 from EHEC. Not only is it the largest EHEC outbreak in the history of the Federal Republic - based on the number of HUS cases, the authorities are even talking about the largest outbreak in the world. 

Below are some articles that discuss this risk.