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  2. Foodborne botulism is a rare, life-threatening condition ...

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    Foodborne botulism is a potentially deadly condition that’s caused by eating food contaminated with botulinum toxin, a potent toxin that attacks the body’s nervous system.The disease is ...

  3. Botulism - Wikipedia

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    Toxin that is produced by the bacterium in containers of food that have been improperly preserved is the most common cause of food-borne botulism. Fish that has been pickled without the salinity or acidity of brine that contains acetic acid and high sodium levels, as well as smoked fish stored at too high a temperature, presents a risk, as does ...

  4. List of foodborne illness outbreaks by death toll - Wikipedia

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    This was the first incident in the UK in which botulism was conclusively identified as the cause and remains the only large incident of microbial food contamination in the UK with 100% reported fatalities. 1971: 1971 botulism case from Bon Vivant soup: botulinum toxin: vichyssoise soup: Bon Vivant Company: 2 [27] 1 [27] 1996: 1996 Odwalla E ...

  5. List of foodborne illness outbreaks in the United States

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    Adam Acheson, Food and Drug Administration associate commissioner for foods, said the FDA tracked the salmonella positive test to serrano peppers and irrigation water at a packing facility in Nuevo León, Mexico, and a grower in Tamaulipas. New Mexico and Texas were proportionally the hardest hit by far, with 49.7 and 16.1 reported cases per ...

  6. CDC study: Hummus tops the list of foods that sickened people

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    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied 2007 data and reviewed a total of 1,097 food borne disease outbreaks that led to 21,244 illnesses and 18 deaths. Salmonella and ...

  7. Food testing strips - Wikipedia

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    One type of food testing strip is an assay enzyme reactant test, which requires the strip to be dipped into a blended mixture of food or test samples, distilled water and a reagent. Such tests are designed specifically to detect those strains of E.coli and Salmonella that are harmful to humans. A second type of food testing strip is a gram ...

  8. Plum Organics baby food recalled over botulism concerns - AOL

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    Plum Organics is recalling some of the baby food it sells at Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores out of concern one of the batches had the risk it could become contaminated with the bacteria that can ...

  9. 2013 Fonterra recall - Wikipedia

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    Botulism is a rare disease caused by Clostridium botulinum bacteria. [4] A small number of the bacteria can cause severe poisoning leading to respiratory and muscular problems in adults. [4] [5] In infants, the toxin also affects the intestinal system. [5]