Food botulism is the dominating form of the disease, and paralytic symptoms generally appear after an incubation period of 12–36 hours (up to several days) after consumption of the toxin-containing food.
Botulizem zaradi zaužitja kontaminirane hrane je prevladujoča oblika bolezni, paralitični simptomi pa se navadno pojavijo po inkubacijski dobi 12– 36 ur (do nekaj dni) po zaužitju hrane, ki vsebuje toksin.