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Botulism
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Food Poison Journal
Possible botulism contamination of Hawaiian black bean sauce
By Bill Marler
Hawaii Business Group Inc., Barb's Favorite Recipes and Ohana Seafoods are recalling Barb's Local Style Black Bean Sauce and Ohana Flavors Black Bean Sauce because of possible health risks due…
Botulism Blog
Carrott Juice from Mystical One Juice LLC Recalled Due to Botulism Risk
At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Justice today filed a complaint for permanent injunction against a Jamaica, N.Y.-based beverage company to prevent…
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JFC International recalls Smelt due to Botulism Risk
A New York importer is recalling frozen fish after an inspection found that it might be contaminated with botulism-producing spores, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday. JFC International…
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Canada recalls Broccoli Soup due to Botulism Risk
No indication that it was imported to United States. Canada's food safety authorities is said to have warned against the consumption of Barrie Bros. Fresh Broccoli Soup for fear of…
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Botulism – a visual look
He still has a long road to recovery.
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Information About Botulism
By Bill Marler
Botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Clostridium botulinum is the name of a group of…
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Foremost Foods Recalls Tomi Brand Seafood Due to Botulism Risk
By Bill Marler
Foremost Foods, International, Inc. of Pomona, CA, is issuing a voluntary recall on certain Tomi brand dried seafood products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum,…
Food Poison Journal
With companies like this, who needs enemies?
By Bill Marler
Clostridium botulinum is a devastating, spore forming rod shaped bacterium that, when allowed to germinate due to improper food-handling practices, produces awful, life-threatening symptoms that occur because of the toxin's ability to…
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FDA has announced uneviscerated fish alert. N. Y. Fish Brand (cold) Smoked Herring with a code of # 141 by N.Y. Fish Inc. has spurred the recall
While the New York State Department of Agriculture and Market Food Inspectors were conduction routine inspections the Smoked Herring product was discovered to be uneviscerated before processing took place. It…
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Botulism
By Bill Marler
Botulism is a rare, life-threatening paralytic illness caused by neurotoxins produced by an anaerobic, gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium, Clostridium botulinum. Unlike Clostridium perfringens, which requires the ingestion of large numbers of…