Outbreak of Botulism Associated with Canned Chili, July 2007 [July 22, 2007]

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Description:
  CDCHAN-00264-2007-07-22-ADV-N
  
  Public health officials in Indiana, Texas, and at CDC are investigating an outbreak of botulism associated with canned hot dog chili sauce manufactured by Castleberry's Food Company. Foodborne botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by consuming foods that contain botulinum toxin, a nerve toxin that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.
  
  Due to possible contamination with botulinum toxin, CDC, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are advising persons not to eat certain canned food products manufactured by Castleberry's Food Company. These include certain Castleberry's brands as well as products distributed under other brand names. The recall includes some canned dog food.
  
  
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• Subjects:
  Botulism Disease Outbreaks Food Preservation
• Keywords:
  HAN Health Alert Network
• Source:
  HAN ; 264
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Subseries:
  CDC Health Advisory
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Alert
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; Texas
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  00264
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Main Document Checksum:
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