Almost always resulting in some form of paralysis (and then hospitalization), botulism is one of the scariest foodborne illnesses out there. It’s why I’m super careful with the canning I do at home and pay attention to storage of low-acid foods.

Last week a recall alert alluded to 2 cases of botulism in Ohio linked to VR Farms jarred pesto.

According to Fox 19, the victims are in Cincinnati and were both hospitalized.

Two Cincinnati residents have been hospitalized with botulism after a nationwide recall of California sauces.

Steven Englender, director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness in the Cincinnati Health Department, said they have found presumptive laboratory evidence of type B botulism and confirmed two clinical cases of botulism.

Englender said in an email to city spokesman Rocky Merz Monday that the patients, both in their 20s, were improving. One patient was on a ventilator and had been transferred to an acute long-term care facility. The other patient was off assisted breathing. That patient may have since been discharged.

The Cincinnati Health Department says a pesto sauce seems to be the cause in both cases.