Botulism — France
In Essonne, a woman was infected by the botulism bacterium after ingesting old soup.
A serious neurological disease, botulism develops in the absence of oxygen and most often through vacuum-sealed foods and canned foods. Botulinum toxin is a poison still “more powerful than cyanide”, but this type of case is very rare in France.
According to our Parisian colleagues, the consumer had ingested an old vegetable soup. At the end of August 2019, this resident of Essonne felt unwell. Her
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