Imagine going to eat to your favorite Mexican restaurant, and ask for a jalapenos sauce that a few days later would make you feel nauseous, fatigued, and dizzy, not only that but it will cause one of the largest botulism outbreak in the U.S. This really happened in 1977, when in March 28 of that same year, several illnesses were linked to an improperly canned jalapenos peppers hot sauce served at a Mexican restaurant.
Canning is a necessary method invented in 1809 by Nicolas Appert of preserving food, to not have the necessity of eating the food immediately. . Appert observed that food wouldn’t spoil as long as it was sealed in glass jars. But the explanation behind his invention didn’t come until 50 years later when Louis Pasteur demonstrated …show more content…
Although is rare it can be very deadly if contracted. The bacteria is found in soil and grow only where there is no oxygen that is why it can survive, grow, and produce toxin in a sealed jar of food. They produce cells called spores that can survive the temperature of boiling water 1212 degrees Fahrenheit for hours. That’s why boiling foods in hot water in hope to eliminate bacteria won’t eliminate the botulinum spores and the products will remain contaminated. The spores may live in inadequate canned foods like in the botulism outbreak case due to the improperly canned peppers. When canned food lacks oxygen, bacteria containing spores form that secrete toxin into it. There are seven distinct forms of botulinum toxin, types A–G. Four of these (types A, B, E and F) are the main cause human botulism, while types C, D and E cause illness in mammals such as birds and fish. This poison is one of the most dangerous substances known, when absorbed by the human intestine and carried to the nerves it may cause paralysis causing the victim to suffocate due to the paralyzes of muscles that are in charge of the respiratory
Canning is a necessary method invented in 1809 by Nicolas Appert of preserving food, to not have the necessity of eating the food immediately. . Appert observed that food wouldn’t spoil as long as it was sealed in glass jars. But the explanation behind his invention didn’t come until 50 years later when Louis Pasteur demonstrated …show more content…
Although is rare it can be very deadly if contracted. The bacteria is found in soil and grow only where there is no oxygen that is why it can survive, grow, and produce toxin in a sealed jar of food. They produce cells called spores that can survive the temperature of boiling water 1212 degrees Fahrenheit for hours. That’s why boiling foods in hot water in hope to eliminate bacteria won’t eliminate the botulinum spores and the products will remain contaminated. The spores may live in inadequate canned foods like in the botulism outbreak case due to the improperly canned peppers. When canned food lacks oxygen, bacteria containing spores form that secrete toxin into it. There are seven distinct forms of botulinum toxin, types A–G. Four of these (types A, B, E and F) are the main cause human botulism, while types C, D and E cause illness in mammals such as birds and fish. This poison is one of the most dangerous substances known, when absorbed by the human intestine and carried to the nerves it may cause paralysis causing the victim to suffocate due to the paralyzes of muscles that are in charge of the respiratory