Preventing Foodborne Illness Associated with Clostridium perfringens

Karuna Kharel, Kiara S. Bookman, Renée Goodrich-Schneider, Ploy Kurdmongkoltham, Bruna Bertoldi, and Keith R. Schneider

Release Date: 11/19/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fs101-2024

Agriculture

Abstract

The bacterium Clostridium perfringens causes one of the most common types of foodborne gastroenteritis in the United States, often referred to as perfringens food poisoning (FDA 2012). It is associated with consuming contaminated food that contains great numbers of vegetative cells and spores that will produce toxin inside the intestine. There are two forms of disease caused by C. perfringens: gastroenteritis and necrotizing enteritis. The latter disease, also known as pig-bel disease, is not common in the United States. It is often associated with contaminated pork and can be very severe (FDA 2012).

About this Publication

This document is FSHN035, one of a series of the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date April 2003. Revised April 2003, April 2010, 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

Karuna Kharel, postdoctoral associate; Kiara S. Bookman, former technician; Renée Goodrich-Schneider, professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition; Ploy Kurdmongkoltham, former technician (former author), Doctor of Plant Medicine program; Bruna Bertoldi, former technician (former author); and Keith R. Schneider, professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Kharel, K., Bookman, K., Goodrich Schneider, R., Kurdmongkoltham, P., Bertoldi, B., & Schneider, K. R. (2024). Preventing Foodborne Illness Associated with Clostridium perfringens. EDIS, 2024(6). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fs101-2024

Authors

Karuna Kharel

postdoctoral associate, UF/IFAS Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Gainesville, FL

Kiara S. Bookman

former technician, UF/IFAS Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Gainesville, FL

Renée Goodrich-Schneider

Specialist

University of Florida

professor, food science, and chair, UF/IFAS Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Gainesville, FL

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Ploy Kurdmongkoltham

former technician (former author), Doctor of Plant Medicine program

Bruna Bertoldi

former technician,UF/IFAS Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Gainesville, FL

Keith Schneider

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Specialist

University of Florida

professor, UF/IFAS Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Gainesville, FL

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