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A baby food breakfast was recalled from Singapore's markets after the US FDA warned that the product might be contaminated and cause botulism.

According to CDC, botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. There are three main kinds of botulism.

Foodborne botulism is caused by eating foods that contain the botulism toxin.

Wound botulism is caused by toxin produced from a wound infected with Clostridium botulinum.

Infant botulism is caused by consuming the spores of the botulinum bacteria, which then grow in the intestines and release toxin. All forms of botulism can be fatal and are considered medical emergencies.

Foodborne botulism can be especially dangerous because many people can be poisoned by eating a contaminated food.

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Wikipedia also carries that the botulinum toxin is also used cosmetically, for example in reducing facial wrinkles or excessive transpiration, and is commercially known as Botox. Cases of inadvertent botulism have occurred due to overdose or accidental intravenous injection of Botox.

So, people wanting to smooth their wrinkles but not want to pay cosmetic doctors huge sums of money for the jabs may want to consider grabbing those infected food cans and apply the contents liberally on the face. Perhaps it would work as well.