Local residents urged to check their cupboards

Public health officials in Champaign and Vermilion counties are working with local grocery stores to remove canned goods that may have been contaminated with botulism. But everyone should also be checking their own cupboards at home.

"Our investigation over the last couple of days has resulted in us finding many of the products were available in local stores," Vermilion County Environmental Heath Director Kolby Riggle said in a written statement.

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