Just to clarify, I wasn't trying to be snippy, I appreciate the information either way. But are you using "sporulate" here to mean "becoming active"? Isn't it the other way around?

If not, how is the bacterium going dormant an issue if it has already entered the body?

Wait, why would we care about sporulation in the stomach? It's the active bacteria that's the problem in intestinal colonization botulism, no?