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Senator Bill Cassidy, who chairs the Senate HELP Committee, has expanded his investigation into the safety of infant formula, and this time the letter landed on the desk of Nara Organics. Good.
The demand follows an outbreak of infant botulism tied to Nara Organics Whole Milk Organic Powdered Infant
Today the FDA called on the infant formula industry to do a better job guarding against contaminants that come in through their supply chains. Read that again. Called on. Not required. Not ordered. After babies stopped breathing, the agency’s move is to send a letter asking manufacturers to please keep a closer eye on
Céline Gounder just laid it out more clearly than any regulator has: two infant botulism outbreaks in a single year, ByHeart and now Nara Organics, and the same organic whole milk moving through the same drying plant into both cans. Organic West Milk supplied it. Dairy Farmers of America dried it into powder. FDA
On July 6, 2026, the CDC and FDA updated their joint investigation of the infant botulism outbreak linked to Nara Organics Whole Milk Organic Powdered Infant Formula. A fourth infant has now been confirmed sick. All four babies — every one of them a boy between two and five months old — were hospitalized
Infant botulism is normally sporadic. Because spores are widely present in soil and dust, most cases involve one infant, one household, and no single identified commercial source. A multistate outbreak of infant botulism tied to a manufactured infant formula is therefore extraordinary. CDC and FDA concluded that epidemiologic and laboratory
The Honorable Bill Cassidy, M.D., Chairman
The Honorable Bernie Sanders, Ranking Member
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
United States Senate
428 Senate Dirksen Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Re: Finish what the Senate started — botulism in infant formula, the shared milk and powdered-milk supply behind two outbreaks, and the case for hearings
Today the FDA updated its Nara Organics infant botulism outbreak page with two findings that matter.
First, FDA’s traceback determined that the Nara formula lots fed to the three sick infants were made with milk supplied by Organic West Milk (Organic West) and spray-dried by Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) — the same two suppliers
On June 2 you toured a formula plant in Eau Claire and, the same day, stood on a dairy farm and praised whole milk. I represent the families whose babies were hospitalized by what was in that milk — in powdered form. They have not been in the room.
Dear Secretary Kennedy:
You know I
The Honorable Brett Guthrie, Chairman
The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr., Ranking Member
Committee on Energy and Commerce
U.S. House of Representatives
2125 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Re: Support for H.R. 7867, the Infant Formula Safety Modernization Act of 2026
Dear Chairman Guthrie, Ranking Member Pallone, and Members of
Thank goodness for Helena Bottemiller.
Full Story at https://foodfix.co/federal-court-halts-snap-restriction-pilots-in-five-states/
Here is her story that just broke.
Nara Organics, the formula company that recently recalled its entire production history after three infant botulism cases were linked to its products, used the same whole milk powder supplier as ByHeart – the formula company linked to dozens of
