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Response letter to the paper by Goin et al. Anaerobe Volume 75, 2022: 102578.

Goin et al. suggests honey a cause for foodborne botulism.

Response explains why foodborne botulism cannot be caused by honey.

Botulism as results of intestinal colonization is discussed.

Foodborne botulism

Clostridium botulinum

Intestinal colonization

Honey

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