Botulism from incorrectly preserved or processed foods

techman1

It turns out that these botulism cases in bordeaux resulted from bad preservation and homemade solutions to preserving sardines. Apparently the restaurant owner had the sardines in jars and threw out some of them due to the smell. It's a very rare occurrence now in the west due to the proper canning and preservation methods in modern food processing. A properly canned food is actually safe for decades. This is one case where modern food processing which gets such a bad media now as far superior to homemade as this case has demonstrated.

It is interesting that botulism also killed the crew of the Franklin expedition to the Arctic in the 1850s. This also resulted from canned foods but this was a brand new technology then and was a prototype for the Franklin expedition. I think it was a bad seal on the can and them the food reacted with the can metal once air entered

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058313863/botulism-from-incorrectly-preserved-or-processed-foods

Botulism killing some of the crew of the Franklin expedition is just a theory.

Jim_Hodge

Scott Cookman put forward that theory in Ice Blink but it's pure fiction. Nothing supports the notion that botulism caused the deaths of Franklin's crew who were supplied by Stephen Goldner. There are no records of botulism as a result of supplies from Goldner on any other vessels.

mistress_gi

There are more cases of botulism in countrie where home preserved foods are traditional. Just take a look at the 2020 report for 2020

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/botulism-annual-epidemiological-report-2020.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiq_ZCYoKyBAxVqXUEAHTJBCe0QFnoECBEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1MquOUdNpTtAHWvo50TDZ7

home preserves don't have the quality control to prevent these... it's unfortunate but it happens...