October 2008

The Food Industry Center at the University of Minnesota has published a case study of last year’s botulism recall. The Castleberry’s: 2007 Botulism Recall publication examines this nationwide recall in a case study that “illustrates the complexity of the food industry.”  The case study was funded by the National Center for Food Protection and Defense…

Clovis, New Mexico is usually known for Cannon Air Force Base and the Norman Petty Recording Studios.   Cannon is home of the Air Force’s Special Operations Command.  Petty’s studio recorded Buddy Holly’s first chart-topping hits.   Clovis, however, is known for something else.  Something that happened 30 years ago—a botulism outbreak that killed two and made…

Oregon sees just two such cases a year. The whole country records just 100. We are talking about infant botulism.

One victim is being treated now at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland.

The month-old infant is beginning to recover. Its mother, Jennifer Perez says tiny Aracelis Mora went limp the day after they passed a…

Bucyrus City Auditor Joyce Schifer gave this update on the Ohio family stricken by botulism poisoning from home-canning gone bad:

“Joann Palm’s family is still very sick from botulism poisoning. Her 15-year-old son is still in Akron’s Children’s Hospital and she is staying at the Ronald McDonald House there,” Schifer said. “Her parents are still…