Table 4. Foodborne botulism outbreaks, cases, and deaths, by food source and year, Canada, 1985–2005.
| Food source and year | Implicated food source | No. outbreaks | No. cases | No. deaths | Toxin serotype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial retail foods | |||||
| 1995 | Pâté | 1 | 2 | 0 | B |
| 2000 |
Cooked boneless pork |
1 |
1 |
0 |
A |
| Restaurant foods | |||||
| 1985 | Chopped garlic in oil | 1 | 37 | 0 | B |
| 1987 | Bottled chanterelle mushrooms | 1 | 11 | 0 | A |
| 2002 |
Baked potato |
1 |
1 |
0 |
A |
| Home-prepared foods | |||||
| 1985 | Home-canned mushrooms | 1 | 1 | 0 | B |
| 1988 | Homemade sausages | 1 | 1 | 0 | E |
| 1989 | Bean soup | 1 | 1 | 0 | A |
| 1991 | Home-canned asparagus | 1 | 3 | 1 | A |
| 1993 | Homemade beef and vegetable soup | 1 | 1 | 0 | A |
| 1995 | Marinated and smoked fish | 1 | 3 | 1 | E |
| 2000 | Spaghetti sauce containing home-canned sausage | 1 | 1 | 0 | A |
| 2001 |
Fish |
1 |
1 |
0 |
B |
| Native foods | |||||
| 1985–2005 | Marine mammal products | ||||
| Seal meat and fat | 37 | 70 | 5 | E | |
| Walrus meat | 3 | 9 | 0 | E | |
| Beluga meat and skin* | 19 | 31 | 1 | E | |
| Meat and fat | 3 | 3 | 0 | E | |
| 1985–2001 | Fish products | ||||
| Salmon eggs | 8 | 19 | 3 | E | |
|
|
Fish and fish heads |
2 |
2 |
0 |
E |
| Unknown food source* | |||||
| 1990–2005 | Unknown | 6 | 7 | 0 | B, E |
*Serotype was not confirmed for 2 outbreaks involving muktuk and for 1 outbreak with an unknown food source.