The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services are alerting providers, parents and caregivers of an outbreak of infant botulism that prompted a nationwide recall of ByHeart Inc. Whole Nutrition Infant Formula. As of Nov. 8, there were 13 confirmed cases of infant botulism across
The West Virginia Department of Health (DH), Bureau for Public Health, Office of Epidemiology and Prevention Services, is alerting parents and caregivers that ByHeart has voluntarily recalled certain lots of its powdered infant formula following a multistate outbreak of infant botulism. The recall was announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is alerting parents and caregivers about an ongoing multistate outbreak of infant botulism linked to ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula. Parents and caregivers should stop using ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula.
With 2 babies ill in Illinois and 11 more in 9 other states, the IDPH is recommending that parents and caregivers pause use of certain ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula while a federal investigation is underway.
The following lots have been recalled by the manufacturer:
Lot #206VABP/251261P2 (“Use by 01 Dec 2026”)
Lot #206VABP
13 sick in 10 sates – including Washington. Washington State Department of Health reports:
CDC and public health officials in several states, the Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program, and FDA are investigating a multistate outbreak of infant botulism linked to recalled infant formula. Infant botulism happens when swallowed spores from a type of bacteria
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising families and consumers that a case of infant botulism has been identified in Rhode Island. Babies get infant botulism if they eat something containing spores from the bacteria Clostridium botulinum.
After presenting with symptoms on October 24, this child was hospitalized. The child has since been
Epidemiologic data
The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program (IBTPP), and state and local partners, are investigating a multistate outbreak of 13 infant botulism illnesses from 10 states: Arizona, California (2), Illinois (2), Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas (2), Washington.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is investigating a report of hepatitis A virus infection in an employee of Tam O’Shanter Restaurant at 2980 Los Feliz Boulevard in the City of Los Angeles. No additional cases have been identified, and the investigation is ongoing.
Possible Exposures and Vaccine to Reduce Risk
Because the
African Food on Wheels Inc. of Bronx, NY is recalling 28 boxes of Product, because it is a dried, un-eviscerated (internal organs not removed) fish greater than 5 inches and length and has the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium which can cause life-threatening illness or death. Consumers are warned not to
Listeria is a gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that is ubiquitous and can grow under either anaerobic (without oxygen) or aerobic (with oxygen) conditions.
A. The Prevalence of Listeria in Food and the Environment
Listeriosis is one of the most important bacterial infections worldwide that arises mainly from the consumption of contaminated food.[1] The disease is