Home-cooked foods canned or preserved by incompetent or inexperienced or uneducated people are the most common cause of foodborne botulism.
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Quick news from the food safety scene this week
- public health authorities Investigation resumed A second outbreak linked to dietary supplements containing moringa resulted in Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Newport infections. Since the initial investigation concluded in March, 22 new illnesses have been reported in four states and several products have been recalled.
- The fallout from botulism linked to By Heart infant formula continues. A new report from the FDA suggests: The products have been contaminated as early as March 2022. When ByHeart Inc. began manufacturing baby formula. The outbreak was not officially confirmed until November 2025, when California public health officials discovered a cluster of botulism cases among infants. The name of the company that provided ByHeart with some of the milk powder used in the production of the milk powder involved has been redacted.
- According to a report by Ireland’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre. In 2025, salmonellosis cases reached their highest level since 2008.. A total of 419 cases were reported this year, up from 390 in 2024. There were a total of 863 cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli. From that number, there were 24 cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). HUS is a serious complication associated with E. coli infection that can cause kidney failure and lead to brain damage and death.
- In Germany, the Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety and the Robert Koch Institute summarized the results of 10 years of foodborne outbreak monitoring. that Leading causes of outbreaks from 2015 to 2025 They were Campylobacter and Salmonella. Campylobacter outbreaks have been linked to raw milk and poultry sources. Salmonella outbreaks have often been linked to pork, eggs, and egg products. Consuming minced raw pork and short-fermented raw pork sausages is a German tradition.
Today’s topic: Botulism
Botulism is a medical emergency. Don’t wait for lab results to come back. Immediate action is required to secure and administer antitoxin.
Continue to tell the victim what is happening, even when it seems like the toxins have already shut down the body. And contact experts at your state health department and CDC as soon as possible.
The preceding text summarizes guidance issued by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to state and local health departments. Botulism is rare but can persist.
The life-threatening condition is caused by toxins that attack the body’s nerves. Clostridium botulinum bacteria produce botulinum toxin.
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