Two recent studies have highlighted the dangers of foodborne botulism from homemade food. In the first, a family cluster of botulism in China was associated with the consumption of homemade fermented ...
Scientists have provided more detail on some of those sickened in a botulism outbreak in Saudi Arabia earlier this year. The study covered the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of 19 people ...
Clostridium botulinum is a spore-forming bacterium that can survive in harsh conditions. In its dormant form, it is generally harmless.