date:Jul 24, 2013
st on its website Monday.
Home-canned foods are the most common source of botulism in the United States, according to CDC. Foods prepared at home accounted for 48 of the 116 foodborne botulism outbreaks reported to the agency between 1996 and 2008. Of these 48 outbreaks, 18 (38 percent) were linked to home-canned vegetables.
In order to create an environment that doesnt allow for the growth of Clostridium botulinum bacteria which produce the toxins that cause botulism CDC offers the followin