Here’s everything experts need you to know. Clostridium botulinum is a bacterium that produces botulinum toxin, the neurotoxin that causes botulism, says Dr. Daniel Kuritzkes, Chief of the ...

Infant botulism results from the absorption of heat-labile neurotoxin produced in situ by ingested Clostridium botulinum ... Information derived from a mouse model and clinical cases suggest ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Botox is derived from botulinum toxin type A, a toxin that’s produced from the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. It just so happens to be the same ...

AKT Trading Inc., a California based company, issued a voluntary recall on Monday for products manufactured by Choshiya Honten Co. Ltd. due to the risk of Clostridium botulinum. Newsweek has ...

Spanish scientists have produced a report on the growth of Clostridium botulinum and the risk of botulism following an outbreak that affected 12 people in 2023. In June and July 2023, an increase ...

The recall involves numerous vegetable products and fears that they could be a breeding ground for Clostridium botulinum bacterium, which can produce the deadly botulinum toxin. Here’s what you ...

California-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 ...

The bacteria makes spores, which can grow and make the lethal clostridium botulinum toxin under certain conditions, including in low oxygen, acid, sugar or salt environments. It is not possible to ...