Surveillance & Analysis on Botulism News & Outbreaks
WJBF-TV 6, the ABC affiliate in Augusta, GA, tonight (3/27/08) is reporting that the Castleberry’s canning factory in that city will re-open on Monday. According to the WJBF report:
Officials with Augusta’s Castleberry’s food plant say they’re hoping to re-open the plant Monday. The FDA suspended the plant’s temporary operating permit a couple weeks ago.
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Two coastal counties, Brunswick and Horry, in North Carolina are experiencing one horse death after another and botulism is being blamed.
WECT 6 in Wilmington, NC is reporting that tainted food is suspected. WECT says:
John Vogt is relieved and surprised his 22 year old horse, Buckshot, is still alive. Another of his horses was
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Here’s the company’s statement issued after the news came out that Castleberry’s Food Company has again closed its Augusta, Georgia canning factory:
Castleberry’s Food Company has received notification that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suspended the Temporary Emergency Operating Permit that was issued in September 2007. The permit granted permission for the Augusta, Georgia
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