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Botulism from dented can?


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Yeah, I'm still concerned about this 'swollen' can thing. How can a can, become 'swollen'?

 

Tin is a metal sandwich in effect. If you dent it enough to break the inner layer you expose metal which can interact with the contents.

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My friend has bad food poisoning. Not sure what has caused it but she has eaten tuna out of dented and swollen tin. I've heard this can cause botulism, does anyone know more about botulism? Thanks

 

As I remember it, botulism doesn't cause cans to swell, that's why it's so dangerous. You don't have any signs that anything is wrong.

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