Augusta’s Castleberry plant

The US FDA issued a warning a couple of days ago, saying that over 700,000 lbs of Castleberry’s canned meat products might contain Clostridium botulinum

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution this morning, investigators have linked hot dog chili sauce produced in Augusta to the first outbreak of botulism from commercially canned foods in nearly four decades.

The problem may be linked to a retort machine that wasn’t working properly.

I drove through Augusta last week to snap a picture of the hallowed Augusta National’s entrance. Eating food that might contain bot toxin is  probably not  good way to cure the yips.

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About Ben Chapman

Dr. Ben Chapman is a professor and food safety extension specialist at North Carolina State University. As a teenager, a Saturday afternoon viewing of the classic cable movie, Outbreak, sparked his interest in pathogens and public health. With the goal of less foodborne illness, his group designs, implements, and evaluates food safety strategies, messages, and media from farm-to-fork. Through reality-based research, Chapman investigates behaviors and creates interventions aimed at amateur and professional food handlers, managers, and organizational decision-makers; the gate keepers of safe food. Ben co-hosts a biweekly podcast called Food Safety Talk and tries to further engage folks online through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and, maybe not surprisingly, Pinterest. Follow on Twitter @benjaminchapman.