Dry Salted Fish 'bream' may have botulism
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- ZIP International Group LLC is recalling Dry Salted Fish -- bream -- because the product may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, U.S. officials say. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - February 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Botulism Agent Gets Thumbs Up from FDA Panel
ROCKVILLE, Md. (MedPage Today) -- A novel botulism antidote received the unanimous backing of an FDA advisory committee Tuesday, but members voiced strong concerns about its use in children. (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 13, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
FDA Reviewers Positive on Botulism Antidote
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- A treatment for botulism under review by the FDA received positive feedback from agency staff after two successful animal trials, documents released before an advisory committee meeting showed. (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - February 11, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
More cases of foodborne botulism from home-made prison hooch
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Botulism From Drinking Prison-Made Illicit Alcohol — Arizona, 2012. MMWR 2013 Feb 8;62:88.
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Last October, MMWR reported 8 cases of foodborne botulism diagnosed in inmates at a maximum security prison in Utah. All 8 patients gave a history of ingesting pruno, an alcoholic concoction made surreptitiously in prisons by combining fruit, vegetables, sugar and water and allowing the mixture to ferment in a plastic bag. The resulting beverage has been described as looking and smelling just like vomit.
The current issue of MMWR reported 8 additional cases of botulism in inmates of an Arizona maxim...
Source: The Poison Review - February 9, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical arizona botulism mmwr prison hooch pruno Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Botulism From Drinking Prison-Made Illicit Alcohol — Arizona, 2012
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 8, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
The misguided and dangerous ‘war on germs’
Pharmaceutical vaccination in a sterile environment is not the best way forward (Source: Alliance for Natural Health)
Source: Alliance for Natural Health - January 16, 2013 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Sophie Tags: botulism C. botulinum Cochrane EFSA europe European Food Safety Authority FDA Food and Drug Administration germ theory honey immunity inoculation international irradiation mercury National Health Service NHS vaccine WHO Source Type: news
