[CH] Botulism

Tantrika (hummer13@earthlink.net)
Thu, 01 Jul 1999 09:01:03 -0700

I've always been told that botulism is present in a canned food if the lid
puffs up, because botulism produce a gas.  If that is so, wouldn't the same
principle apply to home canned jars with the mason lids?  Wouldn't that be
a fairly easy way to tell if a canned jar of salsa went caput?  Or is this
an old wives tale?