On November 12 at 17:45 an ambulance was called to an 11-person household due to 8 people being sick (75% had double vision, 75% difficulty swallowing, and 50% ptosis). Nobody was hospitalized; case-patients were told to remain home to recover. On November 13, 2022 at 07:00 an ambulance was called again after symptoms worsened (100% had blurred vision, 86% respiratory failure, and 75% ptosis). All 8 patients were immediately hospitalized and given botulinum antitoxin (type A, B and E) and gastric lavage. Case-patients were adults (range: 18-58 years old); 63% were women. All had eaten homemade canned foods including canned eggplant on November 11th. The eggplant was not available for testing. Three other family members had not eaten eggplant and were not sick. No botulism was detected in other home-canned foods tested. Toxins were not found in gastric lavage. Average time from food consumption to symptom onset was 19 hours (range: 10-26 hours). Time from symptom onset to treatment was 33 hours. Mortality rate was 25%, and 75% of case-patients required mechanical ventilation. 