Tainted Nacho Cheese: Why Botulism Is So Deadly
By Laura Geggel, Senior Writer | May 23, 2017 05:57pm ET
A botulism outbreak has killed one man and sickened nine other people who ate nacho cheese sauce contaminated with the toxic bacterial protein. Heath officials traced the outbreak to a gas station in California's Sacramento County.
But how did this deadly protein, known as botulinum toxin, get into the cheese sauce? And how can people protect themselves from botulism?
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