PRO/EDR> Botulism – USA (05): vegetable soup, risk, recall

Botulism — United States
Mary’s Home Canning of Lancaster, PA is recalling 516 jars of Mary’s Homemade Vegetable Soup (net wt 16 oz) and 1128 jars of Mary’s Homemade Vegetable Soup (net wt 32 oz), because it has the potential to be contaminated with _Clostridium botulinum_, a bacterium which can cause life-threatening illness or death. Consumers are warned not to use the product even if it does not look or smell spoiled.
Botulism, a potentially fatal form of food poisoning, can cause the following symptoms: general