FDA Warns: Risk of Botulism Poisoning From Hot Dog Chili Sauce

Chrissie Cole

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning to consumers not to eat ten ounce cans of Castleberry Hot Dog Chili Sauce with the UPC 3030000101 with "best by" dates (found on the lid) from April 30, 2009 to May 22, 2009 due to possible botulism contamination.

Consumers with any of these food products should throw them away immediately. If the best by date is missing or undetectable, consumers should discard the product.

An Indiana couple and two children in Texas who ingested these products became seriously ill and had to be hospitalized.

Botulism Symptoms can appear anywhere from six hours to two weeks after contact. Symptoms include: slurred speech, difficulty swallowing, dry mouth, double vision, muscle weakness that progresses down the body and more. In some cases botulism poisoning can be fatal.

Anyone who has recently eaten Castleberry's Hot Dog Chili Sauce or Kroger Hot Dog Chili Sauce and show any symptoms above should seek immediate medical attention.

Castleberry has informed FDA that it is voluntarily recalling all of the potentially contaminated products and is cooperating with FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the states' active investigations into the cause of this contamination and scope of the products' distribution.

Castleberry is also voluntarily recalling a number of products that are not under FDA's regulatory authority. For a list of these products, visit: www.castleberrys.com/news_productrecall.asp.