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[[Infants]] are especially vulnerable to botulism. If you utilize home canning methods you, too, may be at an increased risk for contracting botulism. | [[Infants]] are especially vulnerable to botulism. If you utilize home canning methods you, too, may be at an increased risk for contracting botulism. | ||
Foods such as: | |||
*Fish | |||
*Vegetables | |||
**beets | |||
**corn | |||
**spinach | |||
**string beans | |||
**chili peppers | |||
**asparagus | |||
These foods, especially the vegetbales in a can, cause a risk because they are at the same pH that the clostridium botulinum needs to survive. Also, the [[bacteria]] needs an [[anaerobic]] environment to survive, and this is what occurs in a canned product. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Who is at highest risk?
Infants are especially vulnerable to botulism. If you utilize home canning methods you, too, may be at an increased risk for contracting botulism.
Foods such as:
- Fish
- Vegetables
- beets
- corn
- spinach
- string beans
- chili peppers
- asparagus
These foods, especially the vegetbales in a can, cause a risk because they are at the same pH that the clostridium botulinum needs to survive. Also, the bacteria needs an anaerobic environment to survive, and this is what occurs in a canned product.