PRO/EDR> Botulism – Kyrgyzstan: home canning

Botulism — Worldwide/Unknown
At least 14 botulism cases have been registered in Kyrgyzstan since the beginning of 2013, Disease Prevention and Examination Department of the Health Care Ministry of Kyrgyzstan reported.
According to the department, every year the republic records food poisonings mainly after consuming the home-made canned goods.
The department reported about 62 botulism outbreaks in the republic with 93 victims, 3 of whom died, in 2012. “All the victims got poisoning from food bought at natural