Why Vacuum-Sealed Packaging Can Be Risky Botulism risk comes from the bacteria Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that thrives in low-oxygen environments like vacuum-sealed packaging.

George William Byarugaba Bazirake is a Ugandan food biotechnologist and the founder and managing director of Frevasema, a company in Mbarara that exports fresh, vacuum-sealed bananas to the United ...