Man dies in possible botulism outbreak
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A botulism outbreak linked to contaminated nacho-cheese dip sold at a Northern California gas station has killed one man and left at least nine other people hospitalized, health officials said.
The San Francisco County coroner’s office identified the dead man as Martin Galindo-Larios Jr, 37.
On Monday, Matt Conens, a California Department of Public Health spokesman, declined to release further information on the death, the condition of the other victims, or the status and extent of the investigation into the weeks-old outbreak.
Family members of Galindo-Larios did not immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment. An online fundraising page said the man had been married and the father of two small children.
Tests have confirmed the botulism toxin was present in nacho-cheese dip sold at a gas station in the Sacramento suburb of Walnut Grove, the state health agency said on Monday in a statement.
The agency said last week the container and cheese dip were removed on May 5, and that authorities believe the contamination posed no further risk to the public.
Spokesmen for the state health agency said they did not know whether authorities think the contamination occurred at the station or were checking other gas stations and the maker of the cheese sauce.
Food distributor Gehl Foods said in a statement it had been notified by the US Food and Drug Administration that the firm’s nacho cheese was among the products that inspectors had seized at the gas station, the Sacramento Bee said.
“We immediately retested samples from the relevant lot of cheese, and it remains clear of any contamination,” the firm said, according to the Sacramento newspaper.
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