Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Detection and confirmation of Clostridium botulinum in water used for cooling at a plant producing low-acid canned foods.
- Journal:
- Applied and environmental microbiology
- Year:
- 2010
- Authors:
- Sachdeva, Amita et al.
- Affiliation:
- College Park · United States
Abstract
Our laboratory tested water samples used for cooling low-acid canned foods at a canning facility under investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. We used an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with digoxigenin-labeled antibodies (DIG-ELISA) and real-time PCR as screening methods and confirmed the presence of neurotoxin-producing Clostridium botulinum in the samples by mouse bioassay.
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