Botulinum toxin can cause botulism, a severe flaccid paralytic disease in humans and other animals, and is the most potent toxin known to science, natural or synthetic, with a lethal dose of 1.3–2.1 ng/kg in humans.
C. botulinum is commonly associated with bulging canned food; bulging, misshapen cans can be due to an internal increase in pressure caused by gas produced by bacteria.
🔬 Can You Test for Them?
Short answer: not easily at home, but it’s possible with effort and some moral flexibility.
You're basically doing what food safety labs and forensic microbiologists do.
Option 1: Culture Test (Danger Mode 🔥)
You try to wake up the spores and see if they party.
⚠️ THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
You’d be deliberately encouraging one of the deadliest organisms on Earth to wake up and start producing neurotoxin in your kitchen. This is “I want to be Patient Zero” level curiosity.
Again: DO NOT DO THIS unless you want to be interrogated by hazmat-suited professionals.
Option 1: Live Like a Scientist from the 1800s
Get raw garlic.
Put it in oil, seal it, and leave it at room temp.
Wait a week.
Congratulations: You’ve recreated a classic home botulism scenario.
(⚠️ DO NOT DO THIS. That’s an actual common cause of botulism. I’m including it here as a cautionary tale.)
Thanks for the tip, Bernds, [b]I know what we’re going to do today[/b]
Bernd
2025-05-12 23:05:32 ⋅ 1w
No. 341072
Hmm
Bernd
2025-05-12 23:08:52 ⋅ 1w
No. 341081
Lol
Bernd
2025-05-13 09:46:51 ⋅ 1w
No. 341152
Are you trying to make goyim abandon its home fermentation traditions and buy ypur supermarket shit instead. Nice try.
Bernd
2025-05-13 13:09:43 ⋅ 1w
No. 341155
noice i will use this to save money on botox