Guelph Food Safety Seminar (GFSS) Seminar - Botulism in Canada
Botulism in Canada
Speaker:
Richard Harris, PhD, Laboratory Technician Botulism Reference Service for Canada, Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Health Canada Abstract: Botulism is a neuroparalytic disease that can lead to long-term physical disability and death. Botulism is caused by the anaerobic spore-forming Gram-positive bacterium Clostridium botulinum that produces the most potent toxin known, the botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT). BoNTs...