November 2008

 The  U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta have confirmed the conclusion of the in-country Minister of Health: Uganda has an outbreak of botulism to deal with.

According to The New Vision, which claims to be Uganda’s top website, the health ministry has issued a public warning about the botulism outbreak.  

The canning factory responsible for giving botulism poisoning to at least eight people closes forever today.

Castleberry’s in Augusta, GA closes today, putting 327 people out of work.

Connor Brothers, which owns Castleberry’s is selling the company to Hanover foods.

Hanover currently operates its own factory in New Jersey.

Executives with Conner Brothers say Castleberry’s

Two Mendocino County, CA cases of wound botulism are being blamed on Mexican black tar heroin use. Wound botulism is caused by the same bacteria that causes foodborne and infant botulism.

According to The Willits News:

The two residents infected with the rare but extremely virulent disease are breathing on mechanical ventilators and were transferred