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Botulism
1.Food borne botulism makes up about 15% of all cases and occurs when the person ingests food that has already formed botulin toxin in it.2.Infant botulism makes up approximately 65% of all cases and occurs when spores are ingested by infants.3.Wound botulism makes up the remaining 20% and occurs when the wounds are infected.4.Botulism can not spread person to person. Those were 4 facts about botulism.
The common foods this food borne illness can be found in is can goods such as corn,green beans, and beets.
Ways to prevent this illness is to seal tight and cook the caned good well.
Sources:www.bt.cbc.gov/agent/botulism/factsheet.pdfwww.neatorama.comhttp://odlarmed.com/?p=2025