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	Botulism outbreak

northwestfoods

11-23-2008 10:25 PM

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food-safety, botulism

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This is a great explanation of serious stuff!

The article concludes by saying that improperly fermented, salted or smoked fish and meat products as well as inadequately canned and bottled low acid foods are the types of food likely to cause food botulism.

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<BR /><DIV>They produce the botulism toxin when the heat-resistant spores change into growing vegetative forms. The symptoms of botulism include double vision, dropping eyelids, slurred speech, difficulty in swallowing and body weakness. 
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<BR /><DIV>The ministry said botulism does “not spread from person-to-person and is preventable.”
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<BR /><DIV> There are three types of botulism; food-borne, wound and intestinal botulism. The type of botulism identified in Seeta High was food-borne botulism, according to Dr. Zaramba. He said this type of botulism results from consumption of foods that are stored or preserved in a manner that allows the bacteria to grow and produce the toxin. 
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