Ticker: Baby formula recalled in botulism probe; FAA grounds MD-11 planes
Two batches of a baby formula possibly linked to an infant botulism outbreak got recalled Saturday, a nationwide recall that multistate chains Publix and Meijer announced via their websites.
ByHeart recalled its Whole Nutrition Infant Formula, lot Nos. 206VABP/251261P2 and 206VABP/251131P2. Both have use by dates of Dec. 1, 2026.
The FDA said, “ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula makes up an estimated less than 1% of all infant formula sold in the United States, and this outbreak does not create shortage concerns of infant formula for parents and caregivers.”
ByHeart’s recall notice admitted that the FDA, on Friday, said 13 of 83 babies reported to be infected with infant botulism nationwide had consumed ByHeart formula. No deaths have been reported.
The FDA and CDC are counting only those 13 babies as being in the outbreak. California, Texas and Illinois each have two children sick. Washington, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon and Rhode Island each have one.
FAA grounds MD-11 planes
U.S. aviation officials are ordering McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes not be flown until they can be inspected.
That’s after a deadly crash at a UPS global aviation hub in Kentucky killed 14 people last Tuesday.
UPS and FedEx said that they were grounding their MD-11 planes “out of an abundance of caution.”
The Federal Aviation Administration followed with a directive Saturday to ground the planes until inspection and correction of any problems. In the Louisville crash, the jet’s left engine detached during takeoff. Those killed included the three pilots of the MD-11, which was bound for Honolulu.
