Key points
- This outbreak is over.
- CDC, FDA, the California Department of Public Health Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program, and public health officials in several states investigated a multistate outbreak of infant botulism linked to powdered infant formula.
- Epidemiologic, traceback, and laboratory data showed that Nara Organics Whole Milk Organic Infant Formula was contaminated and made infants sick.
- Data indicate a common source of contamination for this outbreak and a 2025 outbreak linked to ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula.
- Although this outbreak is over, powdered infant formula has a long shelf-life. If you still have any of the recalled infant formula from Nara Organics in your home, do not feed it to your infant. Throw it away.
Content Source
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)
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