Clostridium botulinum is a bacterium that produces botulinum toxin, the neurotoxin that causes botulism, says Dr. Daniel Kuritzkes, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and ...

AKT Trading Inc. has issued a voluntary recall for a number of prepared vegetable products manufactured by Choshiya Honten Co. Ltd. due to the risk of Clostridium botulinum.

SHIBA ZUKE PREPARED MIX VEGETABLES, JAN CODE (UPC): 4582207535128, Expiration date: 8/27/2025; AOKAPPA ZUKE PREPARED MIX VEGETABLES, JAN CODE (UPC): 4582207535135, Expiration Date: 5/14/2025 ...

C alifornia-based seafood manufacturer Tri-Union Seafoods has issued a voluntary recall of select canned tuna products due to a potential contamination risk from Clostridium botulinum, a bacteria ...

Experts have met to discuss the risks and knowledge gaps around Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens. At a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) meeting in Rome in February, experts ...

Tri-Union Seafoods is recalling certain canned tuna products sold at Costco, H-E-B, Kroger, Trader Joe’s, Walmart and other stores.

Parents are warned off giving honey to infants under 1 year old because it is known to contain spores of the clostridium botulinum bacteria. How Fatal Is Botulism? Botulism can be fatal in 5% to ...

It is caused by the Clostridium botulinum bacterium. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says botulism is a rare but serious illness.

Clostridium botulinum is a rod-shaped, spore-forming, bacterium that can produce botulinum toxins under low-oxygen conditions, according to the USDA. The bacterium grows on improperly sterilized ...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has identified botulinum toxin, known as Botox, performed at a Milton business as the source of multiple recent botulism cases. Read the latest story ...

Botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) has become widely used in medicine. Its affects in the bladder have been well documented, but less information is available on its effects in prostate tissues. In this ...