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06/13/2018 / By Janine Acero

Improperly home-canned green beans sent couple to the hospital with botulism; after 5 months in intensive care, they recovered completely

A married couple from Germany were left paralyzed and fighting for their lives in intensive care for about five months after eating some home-canned green beans. The anonymous husband and wife were diagnosed with botulism, an extremely rare but life-threatening bacterial illness. Botulism is caused by the Clostridium botulinum bacteria which grow on food and produce lethal neurotoxins. When […]

05/28/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Mother of three contracts BOTULISM from disgusting gas station nacho cheese

When Lavinia Kelly stopped by Valley Oak Food & Fuel gas station, all she wanted was a nacho cheese-soaked serving of Doritos. Instead, she became one of at least five people to contract botulism from the convenience store’s savory condiment. According to HuffingtonPost.com, her quick trip to the deli area of the Walnut Grove gas […]

05/25/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Nacho cheese sauce responsible for sending 10 people to the hospital with BOTULISM

A batch of contaminated nacho cheese sauce was implicated in the recent botulism outbreak in California, which killed one man and sickened nine others. According to reports, the outbreak started early last month when several people got sick after eating nacho cheese sauce bought from the Valley Oak Food and Fuel gas station in Walnut Grove, Calif. The […]

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