A third person has fallen ill from the botulism poisoning that has been linked to a jar of Loyd Grossman’s korma sauce.

The child has been admitted to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow with suspected botulism, NHS Forth Valley said. The child, from the same family who contracted the infection earlier this week, is said to be stable.

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“The other two siblings who were admitted last week are stable and improving,” it added in a statement.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said botulism is caused by toxins produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, which attacks the nervous system and can affect people of any age.

The infection is not contagious and cannot be passed from person to person. Symptoms of foodborne botulism begin between 12 and 36 hours after consuming the contaminated food, but may appear in as little as six hours, the food agency added.

The suspected batch, made by Premier Foods plc, has a best-before date of February 2013 with a batch code of 1218R. Any consumer with a jar carrying these codes should avoid eating the product, the FSA added.

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Premier, the UK’s largest food maker, said an FSA investigation had not found any contamination at the factory that made the sauce. It said further investigations into the source of the contamination are now focused on what happened to the product “during transport, storage and use of the sauce after it left the company’s control”.

Premier group supply chain director Bob Spooner said: “We remain very concerned for the family involved and very much hope the children recover fully.

“We are pleased that the FSA has found nothing, to date, to suggest that a problem occurred in our factory and we remain confident in the quality of our products and processes.”

When contacted by just-food today (18 November), Premier said the investigation is being led by the FSA and said it had no further comment to make.