An outbreak of infant botulism tied to baby formula has expanded to include 51 infants across 19 states, federal officials said on Dec. 11.
The increase was partly driven by officials starting to look at reported cases dating back to late 2023 for infants who consumed formula from ByHeart Whole Nutrition, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
The FDA “cannot rule out the possibility that contamination might have affected all ByHeart formula products,” officials said. “In response, CDC broadened the case definition to include any infant with botulism who was exposed to ByHeart formula at any time since the product’s release in March 2022.”…