Adult food-borne botulism is often associated with improperly canned food produc

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Adult food-borne botulism is often associated with improperly canned food products that have not been heated sufficiently during the canning process to inactivate C. botulinum O bacteria spores toxin Question 4 1 pts If the agents identified in the preceding question are not inactivated by heat during the canning process, the anaerobic environment of the sealed can provides an ideal environment for these agents to become C. botulinum bacteria O spores Otoxin Question 5 1 pts Botulinum toxin is produced by C. botulinum bacteria spores

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3. Spores - Spores produced by the bacteria Clostridium botulinum are heat-resistant.

4. Toxins - The absence of oxygen they germinate, grow and then excrete toxins.

5. Bacteria - Clostridium botulinum is a bacterium that produces dangerous toxins.

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