Three Infant Botulism Cases Linked to Recalled Baby Formula

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The CDC said the babies, who range in age from 2 to 5 months old, were all hospitalized and treated with BabyBIG, the only FDA-approved treatment for infant botulism. No deaths have been reported. All three infants had consumed Nara Organics Whole Milk Organic Infant Formula.

Nara Organics recalled the product on June 13. The recall covers all lot numbers and both sizes of cans, which are sold online and at some major retailers nationwide.

Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Candy Stockton issued a local alert listing 16 specific lot numbers tied to the recall:

Lot 408125075E14F2 Lot 708125076E14F2 Lot 708125083E14F2 Lot 408125139E14F2 Lot 708125141E14F2 Lot 708125145E14F2 Lot 708125174E14F2 Lot 709125273E14F2 Lot 709125280E14F2 Lot 709125288E14F2 Lot 409125307E14F2 Lot 70926019ENNB Lot 70926029ENNB Lot 70926035ENNB Lot 70926039ENNB Lot 70926042ENNB

Health officials are urging parents and caregivers who have any of this formula to stop using it right away. Unopened cans should be thrown away or returned. Opened cans should be labeled “DO NOT USE” and kept in a safe place, away from other baby food, for at least a month in case state health officials need to test them.

Infant botulism often starts with constipation and can progress to difficulty feeding, a weak cry, poor head control and reduced facial expression. Symptoms can take several weeks to appear, so parents whose babies consumed the formula are advised to watch them for a month after the last time it was used. Parents who notice these signs should seek medical care right away.

Physicians who suspect a case of infant botulism are asked to call California’s Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program at (510) 231-7600, the only source for BabyBIG, and to notify Humboldt County Public Health at (707) 268-2182 during business hours or (707) 445-7251 after hours, on weekends or on holidays. Providers are also asked to save any leftover formula powder along with the brand and lot number, if possible.

Testing of both opened and unopened cans of the formula is underway, with results expected in the coming weeks, according to the CDC.

More information is available through the CDC’s outbreak update.

 

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All the boxes are checked in the name of the company and formula that should set people who look for those terms minds at ease.

Made in Germany.

Reminds me of Volkswagen who polluted the earth with their “Dieselgate” scandal.

There’s a segment of society who love Volkswagens.

Lately, there’s a segment of society who now drive Subarus. Subaru used to be Nakajima Aircraft Company. That’s right, the same company who made Zeros and other planes using slave labor provided by Allied POWs in WWII.

i wonder how many members of these segments of society are driving cars made by companies founded in Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan to No Kings Rallies while their children, grandchildren or great grandchildren are sucking a bottle of botulism made in Germany? You’d think that a NATO member who pays so little for their defense could divert some of that money saved to testing and sterile production facilities.

Henry Ford was a big Hitler fanboy and people still buy Fords.

You’re response is really, “Yeah, but…”?

Henry Ford was indeed an anti-Semite, and some say he may have been a Nazi sympathizer, but he wasn’t producing tanks, trucks and jeeps for the Nazis using slave Jewish or POW labor.

The Trump administration’s approach to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)—the primary agency overseeing baby formula—has focused on aggressive deregulation, budget spending freezes, and workforce reductions. While the administration has maintained certain safety testing initiatives, its structural changes have drawn intense scrutiny from consumer advocates and lawmakers
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The company that sells it is headquartered in New York an American company.

Made in Germany, sold in US by a company catering to the bowls of granola who flock to the “organic” branding.

Make American Apparel again

Unless a mother is unable to produce breast milk, or other legit medical reason, they have no reason not to breast feed their baby. The benefits of breast feeding far out weigh the lazy convenience or buying chemical formula!

It’s not any more “chemical” than milk.

Formulas are made of 6 basic components – protein, fat, carbohydrate, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients such as probiotics and prebiotics.

Formulas are made of 6 basic components – protein, fat, carbohydrate, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients such as probiotics and prebiotics.

From here: https://trip.utah.edu/infant-formula-ingredients-and-components/

While I agree about the benefits of breast feeding, how mothers feed their babies is none of our business; we don’t know their stories or circumstances, so let’s try not to assume “lazy convenience”.

Thank you. Despite my desire, I was unable to nurse my babies as I did not produce enough milk and naturally dried within a few weeks after delivery. With my first baby, I took a lot of shit from “lactation specialists” who also accused me of not trying hard enough. With the birth of my son, I refused help from these so-called lactation specialists. I wasnt going to subject myself to their verbal abuse. So yeah. All these women who denigrate others who are unable to breastfeed just
need to hush up and mind their own business.

What?! Having to make trips to the store, mix formula, wash/Sterilize bottles is way more inconvenient than whipping out a titty.

Stop trying to assign moral value to how babies are fed as long as they’re being fed.

Remember when you couldn’t even get baby formula under the democrats. Man what a shit show that administration was

Oh, yeah? When did THAT happen? Name the Democratic administration who didn’t support WIC or SNAP. Just one. Any one.

(you can’t).

You mean the shortage caused by huge private corporations cutting corners in order to increase their profit margins?
Thank goodness we had a competent administrative team that was able to take proactive measures to provide relief.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0362028X26000487
And thank goodness Trump hasn’t undone the hard work of previous administrations by doing something stupid, like cutting 4,332 positions from the FDA, 913 employees from the Food Safety Inspection Service, and 564 employees from the Food and Nutrition Service.
Oh, wait…
https://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Article/2026/02/16/fda-and-usda-staff-cuts-under-trump-raise-food-safety-risks/

Consider the amount of this baby poison that reached the 3rd world where a recall notice wouldn’t get to. It’d be hard to even find out how many died.
Terrible to even think about.

Organic? How can this be?