Funny. I just tested some food that passed the best if used by date. I looked up botulism and found it kills less 100 people per year.
I inspected the can, looked fine, opened it and ate it.
Except for how salty is was there was no problem, other than it tasted terrible because of the salt. LOL
Short of killing, botulinus toxin can paralyze. That would suck. I thought it was well known that boiling for 20 minutes will destroy botulinus toxin, but I don’t want to be the one who dares to open that swelled can.