The article doesn&#x27;t mention a &quot;big&quot; commercial botulism case. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;1971_Bon_Vivant_botulism_case" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;1971_Bon_Vivant_botulism_case</a><p>I put &quot;big&quot; in quotes because only one person died. But it caused quite the scare, people were afraid of eating canned soup. The company went bankrupt.<p>Not nearly as deadly as E. coli. E.g. in 1993, 732 people were infected and four died from undercooked hamburger at Jack In The Box.[1] And it continues. A quick google found an article that claims[2]<p><pre><code>   approximately 100,000 illnesses,
   3,000 hospitalizations,
   and 90 deaths annually in the United States
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[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;1993_Jack_in_the_Box_E._coli_outbreak" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;1993_Jack_in_the_Box_E._coli_o...</a>
[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.about-ecoli.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.about-ecoli.com&#x2F;</a>