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How does one acquire botulism?

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There are three types of botulism: food, wound and infant botulism. Eating food that has the botulism toxin causes food-borne botulism. It often involves improperly processed home canned foods. Wound botulism occurs when C. botulinum spores contaminate a wound and produce toxin. read more

One person died, 21 cases were confirmed, and 10 more were suspected in Lancaster, Ohio when a botulism outbreak occurred after a church potluck in April 2015. The suspected source was a salad made from home-canned potatoes. read more

From a Botulinum bacteria. Usually if a can of meat or mushrooms is made wrong or is somehow pierced a little, the bacteria starts colonizing the can. It's super rare nowadays. read more

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