"ByHeart announced on Thursday that its own testing identified the bacterium that causes botulism in its baby formula, which is linked to an ongoing infant botulism outbreak that has doubled since last week. As of November 19, there have been 31 cases across 15 states -up from 15 cases in 12 states reported last week. All 31 cases so far have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported."
"The outbreak was announced on November 8, and ByHeart was, at first, unusually aggressive in deflecting blame for linked illnesses. The link between infant botulism cases and ByHeart was first spotted by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). The department is the world's sole source of the infant botulism treatment BabyBIG, and, as such, is contacted when any infant botulism cases arise. CDPH started to notice a pattern of ByHeart exposure among the cases."
ByHeart reported that its own testing identified Clostridium botulinum in its baby formula and linked the product to an infant botulism outbreak. The outbreak doubled over one week, reaching 31 cases across 15 states as of November 19; all reported cases have been hospitalized and no deaths have occurred. The California Department of Public Health detected a pattern of ByHeart exposure among cases and found the bacterium in an opened can from a sick infant. ByHeart initially rejected a causal connection, claiming there was no reason to believe formula can cause infant botulism and asserting regulators had not found toxins.
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