June 2008

The first botulism outbreak caused by commercial canning in 33 years was due to both mechanical and management problems at Castleberry’s Chili, USA Today reports.

The newspaper said a U.S. Food & Drug Administration Report obtained from a congressional committee says Castleberry’s had two 10-foot-tall cookers may not have heated cans enough to kill all

We are waiting for the first sickness and death from Tipu’s Tiger Chai Concentrate because it may be taited with Clostridium botulinum.   The product was recalled Tuesday by Tipu’s Tiger Chai of Missoula, MT.

Consumers are warned not to use the product even if it does not look or smell spoiled as the bacterium can

Four-month old Nicholas Jameson of Minneapolis is going to continue growing up thanks to his quick-acting Mom, Samantha, and expert medical care.  Botulism nearly took his young life.

Over Memorial Day, Nicholas was having trouble breathing and Samantha took him immediately to Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis for apparent respiratory failure.   The next day, however, doctors