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 News Item (Source/Date Posted on Source)

BOTULISM, AVIAN - USA: (MICHIGAN), SUSPECTED (ProMED Mail/ 11/02)

FDA Warns of Potential Botulism Risk from Canned French Cut Green Beans (FDA/ 8/03)

FDA Expands Its Nationwide Warning About the Risk of Botulism Poisoning From Certain Castleberry's Food Products and Dog Food (FDA/ 7/21)

BOTULISM, SEAFOOD - CANADA (QUEBEC): RECALL (ProMED Mail/6/09)

Deadly NHS bug 'continues rising' (BBC News/ 4/26)

INFANT BOTULISM, POSSIBLE BABY FOOD LINK - USA (CALIFORNIA)(02) (ProMED Mail/ 4/23)

UK smoked meat recall (MeatNews.com/ 4/23)

FDA Urgently Warns Consumers about Health Risks of Potentially Contaminated Olives (FDA/ 4/13)

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE, RIBOTYPE 027 - UK (ENGLAND) (ProMED Mail/ 4/10)

Bug linked to 17 hospital deaths (BBC News/ 3/30)

BOTULISM, OLIVES - USA EX ITALY: RECALL (ProMED Mail/ 3/29)

BOTULISM, OLIVES - CANADA EX ITALY: RECALL (ProMED Mail/ 3/27)

BOTULISM, SMOKED UNEVISCERATED FISH - USA (NEW YORK): RECALL (ProMED Mail/ 3/26)

BOTULISM, OLIVES - USA: RECALL (ProMED Mail/ 3/11)

FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Certain Jars of Earth's Best: "Organic 2 Apple Peach Barley Wholesome Breakfast Baby Food" (FDA/ 2/16)

Two McGill researchers aim to sequence eight isolates of Clostridium difficile in 18 months (McGill University / 12/20)

Outbreak of foodborne botulism linked to barbecue, Austria, 2006 (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 12/14)

Botulism study could lead to new vaccines and treatments to counter bioterrorist attacks (Stanford University / 12/11)

Botulism in cattle advice (UK Food Standards Agency / 12/8)

CERTAIN PHILLIPS BRAND PASTEURIZED CANNED CRAB MEAT PRODUCTS MAY CONTAIN DANGEROUS BACTERIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency / 10/28)

Fears of a new bacterial threat (Clostridium difficile). The intestinal strain strikes the young and pregnant women. It's serious and hard to beat (LA Times / 10/23)

Botulism Associated with Commercial Carrot Juice --- Georgia and Florida, September 2006 (CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 10/6)

Food-borne botulism associated with home prepared meat products from Poland (CDR Weekly / 10/5)

FDA Consumer Advisory on Refrigeration of Carrot Juice. Three Cases of Botulism Possibly Caused by Improper Refrigeration. (FDA / 9/17)

From Refrigerator to Oven: New Research on Bacteria that Cause Food Poisoning (USDA / 9/14)

ACMSF publishes report on infant botulism (UK Food Standards Agency / 9/7)

Botulism associated with vacuum-packed smoked whitefish in Finland, June-July 2006 (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 7/20)

First cluster of C. difficile toxinotype III, PCR-ribotype 027 associated disease in France: preliminary report (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 5/4)

FRSQ and Its Partners Invest Over $1.2 Million for Research on C. difficile (NewsWise.com / 4/24)

Botulism from Home-Canned Bamboo Shoots --- Nan Province, Thailand, March 2006 (CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 4/14)

BOTULINUM TOXIN, LABORATORY EXPOSURE - USA (MASSACHUSETTS) (ProMed Mail / 4/10)

BOTULISM, BAMBOO SHOOTS - THAILAND (NAN) (ProMed Mail / 3/23)

Food Poisoning Investigated in Thailand (LA Times from AP / 3/21)

Specialists on full alert following outbreak of botulism (ProMed Mail / 3/20)

Botulism Toxin's Insidious Route into Nerve Cells (Howard Hughes Medical Institute / 3/16)

Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 outbreaks in the Netherlands: recent surveillance data indicate that outbreaks are not easily controlled but interhospital transmission is limited (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 1/26)

Trouble in the Gut, When Antibiotics Work Too Well (New York Times / 1/24)

Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food’s draft report on botulism in cattle (UK Food Standards Agency / 1/23)

Heart burn medication a risk factor for community-acquired C. difficile (Eurek Alert / 12/20)

Number of cases of botulism in Kyrgyzstan from canned food (ProMed Mail / 12/19)

McGill researchers crack genetic code of Quebec C. difficile (McGill University / 12/14)

Severe Clostridium difficile--Associated Disease in Populations Previously at Low Risk --- Four States, 2005 (CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 12/1)