Tainted carrot juice paralyses 2

The Toronto Star
Meghan Hurley and Tamara Cherry 

Two Toronto residents are paralyzed in hospital after they drank toxic carrot juice purchased in Toronto that has been recalled across North America.
Dr. Elizabeth Rea, an associate medical officer of health, was quoted as saying, "There are two adults who are severely ill in hospital and they had a history of drinking the exact same juice that's been part of the carrot juice recall."
The juice, produced by Bolt-house Farms in Bakersfield, Calif., was ordered off shelves Sept. 30 after four cases of botulism were linked to toxic carrot juice in the United States. The company's website says they distribute carrot juice to the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Rea was cited as saying that on Saturday, lab test results confirmed that Bolthouse Farms carrot juice purchased in Toronto sometime last month and consumed by the Toronto patients was positive for the botulism toxin, adding, "We've got conclusive proof that shipments of the juice in Canada do have the botulin contamination."
Bolthouse Farms 100 per cent Carrot Juice, Earthbound Farm Organic Carrot Juice and President's Choice Organics 100 per cent Pure Carrot Juice with a best-before date before Nov. 11 have been recalled.
Rea wouldn't say whether the two patients know each other or if the carrot juice came from the same container. But sources told the Star that the man and woman are a couple, although they were taken to different hospitals.