Where People Got Sick: Infant Botulism Outbreak, November 2025

Key points

  • This outbreak is over, but activities to determine the root cause of C. botulinum in ByHeart powdered infant formula continue.
  • The outbreak included 28 confirmed cases and 20 probable cases.
  • No new cases have been added since December 2025, and 3 previously reported cases of suspected infant botulism from 3 states have been excluded.
  • All ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula products have been recalled. If you have any ByHeart formula, do not use it and throw it away.
Can of ByHeart Infant formula

Where sick people live

This map shows where the 48 infants in this infant botulism outbreak lived.