Home-canned green beans sicken Ohio man, grandson

A Crestline, Ohio, man and his grandson remain hospitalized in Mansfield and Akron with foodborne botulism.

The Mansfield News Journal reports that the two remain in hospital after eating home-canned green beans last weekend. Two other grandchildren were treated for botulism and have been released from Children’s Hospital.

 

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