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  2. Botulism - Wikipedia

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    Botulism can occur in many vertebrates and invertebrates. Botulism has been reported in such species as rats, mice, chicken, frogs, toads, goldfish, aplysia, squid, crayfish, drosophila and leeches. [95] Death from botulism is common in waterfowl; an estimated 10,000 to 100,000 birds die of botulism annually. The disease is commonly called ...

  3. 5 People Hospitalized After Eating Pesto That May Be ... - AOL

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    Botulism is a “rare but serious” condition caused by a toxin produced by the bacteria Clostridium botulinum, according to the Mayo Clinic, which adds that canned food is a common cause of the ...

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

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    Outside of botulism (which has been well known since the early 1900s and killed often at the time), many other foodbourne illnesses such as salmonellosis were not monitored closely or kept careful track of until at least the late 1970s, with overall monitoring only fully taking off after the 1992–1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak.

  5. Botulinum toxin - Wikipedia

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    Botulism is nevertheless known to be transmitted through canned foods not cooked correctly before canning or after can opening, so is preventable. [143] Infant botulism arising from consumption of honey or any other food that can carry these spores can be prevented by eliminating these foods from diets of children less than 12 months old. [146]

  6. It said all but four had eaten patty melt sandwiches. The botulism patients were 20 to 72 years old. Twenty were female, and eight were male. Ten other people ate patty melts but did not get botulism.

  7. 10 of the most common food-safety myths, debunked - AOL

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    8) Once food has been cooked, all the bacteria have been killed The possibility of bacterial growth actually increases after cooking, because the drop in temperature allows bacteria to thrive. 9 ...

  8. List of foodborne illness outbreaks in the United States

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    The company recalled over 27 million pounds of poultry products it had manufactured, in the largest recall in history. The outbreak killed 7 people, sickened 46, and caused 3 miscarriages. [50] [51] Botulism sickened 8 people in Western Alaska as a result of eating a beached beluga whale. [52]

  9. A deadly botulism outbreak traced to a French wine bar has ...

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    Health authorities around the world are warning people who may have eaten there in mid-September