11/09/2025
FDA Announces Recall of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula Due to Outbreak of Infant Botulism
Symptoms usually present in
children less than twelve months of age and include constipation, loss of appetite, weakness, poor suck, ocular palsies, an altered cry, and a striking loss of head control. Progression of symptoms is
more severe in infants under two months of age. Infants become infected by ingestion of C. botulinum
spores that germinate in the colon, rather than ingestion of preformed toxin. It can take up to 30 days
from the date of exposure to develop signs and symptoms.
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