In fact, it’s difficult to tell if the food has botulism. Because you cannot see, smell, or taste the botulism toxin – but taking even a small taste of food containing this toxin can be deadly.
Therefore, for safety reasons, here are some practical preventions:
Throw the canned food immediately when you see that the canned food:
- is leaking or has bulges
- looks damaged or cracked
- spurts liquid or foam when you open it
- has an abnormal color or smells bad
- becomes moldy
If, unfortunately, you or your family members get botulism, make an emergency call such as 911 immediately.
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