Originally Posted by kerrybluehair

are you sure it was botulism ?

Outbreaks of foodborne botulism involving two or more persons occur most years and usually caused by eating contaminated home-canned foods


The respiratory failure and paralysis that occur with severe botulism may require a patient to be on a breathing machine (ventilator) for weeks, plus intensive medical and nursing care. After several weeks, the paralysis slowly improves. If diagnosed early, foodborne and wound botulism can be treated with an antitoxin which blocks the action of toxin circulating in the blood. This can prevent patients from worsening, but recovery still takes many weeks. Physicians may try to remove contaminated food still in the gut by inducing vomiting or by using enemas.

and the health dept would be contacted and the restaurant closed until things were cleared up.