Consumption of the product contaminated with Clostridium botulinum rod, with produced already toxin,
A, B and C toxin types: separate poisonings of humans with type F and G (this type causes a sudden death without any paralytic symptoms),
Type A (occurs more seldom),
Type B (most frequent occurrence in Poland),
Mainly in the preserved products
(particularly home-made preservatives: pates, vegetables),
Type E - after consumption of fish preservatives
(Japan, Alaska, Scandinavian countries)