--- title: New Alabama Regulations Ban Botulism Risks From Public Markets date: 2009-03-30T13:28:51-07:00 author: Bill Marler canonical_url: "https://marlerclark.com/news_events/new-alabama-regulations-ban-botulism-risks-from-public-markets" section: News --- [All News](/news_events) / [Outbreaks](https://marlerclark.com/news_events/outbreaks) / # New Alabama Regulations Ban Botulism Risks From Public Markets Alabama’s **Tuscaloosa Farmers Market** is again selling home-made jams and jellies, but **NOT** certain canned goods due to **fear of botulism**. The **Alabama Department of Public Health** last summer banned the sales of any good prepared in home kitchens at the popular farmers market. Now health officials have issued a new regulation allowing foods like baked goods to be sold, but not the more potentially hazardous like canned beans and the like. According to the **Tuscaloosa News**: The **Alabama Farmers Market Authority** and the **Alabama Department of Public Health** worked together to create the amendment to the state’s food establishment sanitation regulations. Under the amendment, food prepared for sale at farmers markets or at charitable, religious, civic or not-for-profit events **is permissible as long as it’s not potentially hazardous** and a label or visible sign indicates that it was prepared at a location not inspected by the health department. These include items such as baked breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, brownies, fudge, double-crust fruit pies, fruit jams, jellies, marmalades and relishes, candy, spices or herbs and snack items such as popcorn, caramel corn and peanut brittle. **Prohibited are low-acid foods, such as green beans or tomato-based products, sold in hermetically sealed containers that can lead to deadly botulism if they’re not prepared at a high enough temperature or with a strong enough seal.** ### Other Botulism Lawsuits [By Heart Infant Formula tied to Botulism Outbreak spikes to 51](https://marlerclark.com/by-heart-infant-formula-tied-to-botulism-outbreak) [Botulism Outbreak at Valley Oak Food and Fuel](https://marlerclark.com/botulism-outbreak-at-valley-oak-food-and-fuel) [Marler Clark Files Two Botulism Lawsuits](https://marlerclark.com/marler-clark-files-two-botulism-lawsuits) ### Lawsuit updates about foodborne illnesses [Reactive Arthritis Lawsuit 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