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B.C., Canada: Botulism alert over watermelon jelly after Island woman falls ill

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Source: http://www.timescolonist.com/health...y+after+Island+woman+falls/4408278/story.html

Botulism alert over jelly after Island woman falls ill
By Richard Watts, Times Colonist March 9, 2011 3:03 AM

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control issued a public warning Tuesday about botulism-contaminated watermelon jelly after a Vancouver Island woman was hospitalized with the potentially deadly disease...

...The centre believes the woman's disease is the result of eating contaminated watermelon jelly, prepared by a company called Jamnation Fine Foods. Anyone with the jelly is advised to discard it immediately.


The jelly was sold in 120millilitre jars at a charity booth set up in Duncan and operated by the Huntington's Research Foundation. It is believed the jelly was sold at other charity booths throughout B.C. during 2010...
 
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