Potentially Contaminated Infant Formula Still on Market
S.C. Department of Agriculture Urges Businesses, Food Banks to Check Facilities for Recalled ByHeart Product
COLUMBIA – Following notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that a recalled infant formula is still being found for sale around the country, the South Carolina Department of Agriculture is urging
Case Counts
Total Illnesses: 48
Hospitalizations: 48
Deaths: 0
Last Illness Onset: November 29, 2025
States with Cases: AZ, CA, ID, IL, KY, MA, MI, MN, NC, NJ, OR, PA, RI, TX, VA, WA, WI
As of February 26, 2026, CDC declares the outbreak over. During recent weeks, public
The ByHeart infant formula botulism litigation continues to expand as investigators trace the contamination back through the dairy supply chain.
Earlier this week, plaintiffs filed a Third Amended Complaint in Wescott et al. v. ByHeart, Inc., et al., pending in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The amendment adds Organic
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
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.
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
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
