US Will Test Infant Formula to See If Botulism Is Wider Risk (1)

US health officials plan to test certain dairy-based ingredients used in a wide variety of baby formulas for spores that can cause infant botulism, in the wake of the ByHeart recall last year that was connected to 51 infant hospitalizations.

The Food and Drug Administration will test ingredients such as milk powder and whey protein concentrate to help determine whether contamination that could lead to botulism is “a foreseeable hazard that companies could test for,” Kyle Diamantas, deputy commissioner for human foods at the agency, said in an interview with Bloomberg.

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