Bloomberg just published:
US Will Test Infant Formula to See If Botulism Is Wider Risk
By Anna Edney
US health officials plan to test certain dairy-based ingredients used in a wide variety of baby formulas for spores that can cause infant botulism, in the wake of the ByHeart recall last year that was connected to
The New Mexico Department of Health is warning New Mexicans to avoid raw dairy products following the death of a newborn from Listeria infection.
Health officials believe the most likely source of infection was unpasteurized milk the infant’s mother drank during pregnancy. While investigators cannot pinpoint the exact cause, the tragic death underscores the serious
Tomorrow I will be speaking up on Capitol Hill about what can be done to make infant formula safer in the US and around the world. My hope is that Congress, the FDA and the President will listen, not just to me and science, but to understand the reason why the work is so necessary.
IBFAN, the 47 year old global network, will be attending 158th Session of the WHO’s Executive Board that will start in Geneva on Monday 2nd February 2026.
IBFAN will be urging Member States to adopt a new World Health Assembly (WHA) Resolution that could reduce contamination for infants, our most vulnerable population.
Intrinsic contamination of
This is simply unacceptable. This botulism outbreak, frankly any outbreak that sickens babies, should never have happened. We can do more to protect the most vulnerable.
The stork in “operation stork speed” clearly flew into a brick wall and crash landed.
This child’s parents bought ByHeart Infant Formula at a Walmart. ByHeart utilized powdered organic
A total of 27 people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria have been reported from 18 states. Sick people’s samples were collected on dates ranging from August 1, 2024, to October 16, 2025. Of 26 people with information available, 25 have been hospitalized and 6 deaths have been reported. One death from each of
AP’s Jonel Aleccia reports: Two suppliers provided dried milk powder that could be a culprit in the outbreak of botulism tied to ByHeart infant formula that has sickened dozens of babies, The Associated Press has learned.
Organic whole milk powder that tested positive for the type of bacteria that causes botulism was made from
The CDC and FDA reported last Friday that two samples collected by FDA tested positive for Clostridium botulinum type A.
One is a ByHeart powdered infant formula closed product sample that matches a clinical isolate from an infant included in this outbreak according to whole genome sequencing analysis (WGS).
The second whole milk powder sample was
Today, January 23, 2026, the CDC and FDA reported that two samples collected by FDA tested positive for Clostridium botulinum type A:
One is a ByHeart powdered infant formula closed product sample that matches a clinical isolate from an infant included in this outbreak according to whole genome sequencing analysis (WGS).
The second whole milk powder
The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program (IBTPP), and other state and local partners, continue to investigate a multistate outbreak of infant botulism. Epidemiologic and laboratory analyses indicate that ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula is the source of this multistate outbreak of
