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   SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- 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 man who   
   died as Martin Galindo-Larios Jr., 37.   
      
   On Monday, Matt Conens, a spokesman for the California   
   Department of Public Health, 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.   
      
   An online fundraising page set up on GoFundMe said Galindo-   
   Larios was married and the father of two small children. Family   
   members said he had fallen into a coma and was on a ventilator   
   before he died. Family members did not immediately respond to an   
   email seeking comment.   
      
   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 Monday in a statement.   
      
   The agency said last week the container and cheese dip were   
   removed May 5, and that authorities believe the contamination   
   posed no further risk to the public.   
      
   It was not clear whether authorities think the contamination   
   occurred at the station or if they were checking other locations.   
      
   Wisconsin-based food company Gehl Foods, which distributed the   
   cheese, says it is working with federal, state and local health   
   officials to determine what caused the contamination.   
      
   The company says it retested samples from the lot of cheese   
   linked to the outbreak and that it's clear of contamination. It   
   also sent samples to an independent lab which confirmed the   
   findings.   
      
   Botulism, a comparatively rare kind of food poisoning, can lead   
   to paralysis, breathing difficulty and sometimes death.   
   Survivors often are forced to spend weeks or months on   
   ventilators to help them breathe.   
      
   Even with the anti-toxin treatment, there is no guarantee   
   patients will fully recover, Dr. Oliva Kasirye, a health   
   inspector with the Sacramento County Public Health Department   
   who has been part of the ongoing investigation, told CBS   
   Sacramento.   
      
   "If there are any muscles that have been paralyzed from the   
   toxin, it's not reversed by the anti-toxin. That's a process   
   that could take time and that's why the recovery is very slow,"   
   Kasirye said.   
      
   A major outbreak of food-borne botulism in 2015, when at least   
   29 people fell ill, was traced to a church potluck in Ohio.   
   Authorities blamed potato salad made from potatoes that had been   
   canned improperly at home.   
      
   http://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-botulism-outbreak-death/   
        
      
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