October 2011

An elderly woman has died as a result of botulism poisoning, produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, after eating almond-stuffed olives contaminated by botulinum toxin.  According to the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District, she passed on Thursday.  Another adult member of the same family remains in hospital, and the person is said to be improving.

These illnesses

Efoodalert.com reports that botulism-tainted Italian olives have sickened two members of a family from Helsinki, Finalnd.  Both individuals reported having eaten Gaudiano Organic Olives Stuffed with Almonds. Lab tests confirmed that the jar from which the two patients had eaten the olives contained botulinum toxin.

The tainted olives were packed in 314ml glass jars, with

CFE International, Canadian Fish Exporters, Inc. Auburndale, MA is recalling Salted, Smoked, Split Herring, Lot Number: 1171, Plant Code: 2406 Producer: Leslie Leger & Sons, Ltd. Cap Pele, NB, Canada. A routine sample collected at a retail store by New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets found the product to be uneviscerated. Clostridium botulinum

Five of eight inmates hospitalized after becoming ill from botulism-tainted, prison-brewed alcohol have been discharged back into the Utah State Prison’s general population.

Department of Corrections spokesman Steve Gehrke confirmed Friday that the five prisoners had been released from an unspecified area hospital on Thursday; three inmates remained hospitalized in critical condition.

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