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Botulism can be caused by canned food.

True

Botulism poisoning is due to a toxin produced by a type of bacteria called Clostridium botulinum. Certain food sources, such as home-canned foods, provide a potent breeding ground for botulism can be home-canned foods or commercially canned products that didn’t undergo proper processing.


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