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Volume 29, Number 9—September 2023
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Foodborne Botulism, Canada, 2006–20211

Richard A. Harris, Christine Tchao, Natalie Prystajecky, Kelly Weedmark, Yassen Tcholakov, Manon Lefebvre, and John W. AustinComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (R.A. Harris, K. Weedmark, J.W. Austin); British Columbia Centre for Disease Control Public Health Laboratory, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (C. Tchao, N. Prystajecky); McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Y. Tcholakov); Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services, Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Canada (M. Lefebvre)

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Table 2

Foodborne botulism outbreaks, cases, deaths, and serotype, by year and food source, Canada, 2006–2021

Food source Years Outbreaks Cases Deaths Serotype
Commercial retail foods
Carrot juice 2006 1 2 0 A
Ground beef 2009 1 2 0 B
Salted fish 2012 1 3 0 E
Alfredo sauce
 2021
 1
 1
 0
 AB
Home-prepared foods
Spaghetti sauce 2006 1 2 0 A
Watermelon jelly
 2011
 1
 1
 0
 B
Traditionally prepared Indigenous foods (traditional name)
Blubber in oil (misiraq) 2006–2021 7 8 1 E
Meat and fat (igunaq) 2006–2021 5 10 1 E
Beluga skin (muktuk) 2006–2021 3 3 0 E
Aged meat 2006–2021 3 3 0 A, E
Salmon eggs
 2013
 1
 1
 1
 E
Unknown* 2006–2021 30 31 4 A, B, E, F

*Food was either not submitted for analysis or was submitted but not found to be toxic.

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1Results of this study were originally presented at the 58th Annual Interagency Botulism Research Coordinating Committee (IBRCC) Meeting, Richmond, California, USA, October 17–18, 2022.

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