Preventing Foodborne Illness: Clostridium botulinum

Keith R. Schneider, Renée M. Goodrich Schneider, Ploy Kurdmongkoltham, and Bruna Bertoldi

Release Date: 4/27/2025

Agriculture

Abstract

A UF/IFAS numbered Fact Sheet. Published by Nutrition and Food Systems

About this Publication

This document is FSHN04-06, one of a series of the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition discussing common foodborne pathogens of interest to food handlers, processors, and retailers; UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date February 2004. Revised December 2014, June 2017, and November 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Keith R. Schneider, professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition; Renée M. Goodrich Schneider, professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition; Ploy Kurdmongkoltham, technician, Doctor of Plant Medicine student; and Bruna Bertoldi, technician, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.