For anyone interested. I just found a technical document published by the
CDC regarding all types of Botulism, including food borne botulism. This
eased my concerns and answered my questions regarding botulism intoxication.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/botulism.pdf


"rogers news" > wrote in message
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> I've been doing a lot of reading about home canning and come across
> Botulism quite a few times in my readings.
>
> The thought of it is scary, but at the same time I look at it as being
> like the lottery. There have been a reported 110 cases of botulism in the
> US last year. Only 25% of those were attributed to food borne botulism,
> the rest being infant and infection botulism.
>
> That amounts to about 25 incidents. How many resulted in death I do not
> know. How many of those resulted from commercially packed food products I
> do not know.
>
> It would seem that your odds of winning the lottery are better.
>
> Any had any personal experiences with botulism and canned products,
> commercial or homecanned? I would like to hear your stories.
>
> I take it that there is so many warning signs about botulism to make red
> flags go off in your head just to make you extra aware about what it is
> and how to prevent it. Otherwise it would simply be overlooked. Not the
> case that it is so commen that they dont want you to do home canning at
> all.
>
> Like others have said, people have been doing home canning for centuries,
> and the methods back then are less stringent than they are nowadays.
>
> I'd love to hear your general feedback as well
>
> Jason
>