In october of 2002, general mills inc. recalled over 4,000 cans of refried beans suspected to be contaminated with clostridium botulinum. which of the following statements regarding adult botulism is correct?
a. the anaerobic environment of the sealed can provides a suitable environment for the spores to germinate.
b. the spores produce a potent neurotoxin
c. symptoms of the disease are stiff, contracted muscles, such as "lockjaw", and eventual paralysis of the respiratory muscles, which results in death
d. reheating the beans to kill the bacteria will prevent the disease.
e. all of the above statements are correct