PARIS, France – A woman in northern France suffered almost complete paralysis after ingesting out-of-date can of soup.
The woman ate soup from a can that expanded because of gases produced by botulism.
She was admitted to the hospital ten days ago.
A family friend told French TV that doctors give her little chance of recovering the use of her limbs.
The European Union mandates two dates on all packaged food. One is a “consume preferrable before date” and the other is “consume until” date.
The woman ate the soup past the “consume until” date.
A scientist with the Pasteur Institute said botulism is highly dangerous because it has no smell and no taste, so if you have a can that is swollen, don’t use it, throw it away.
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