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My infant was fed a commercial product containing honey (e.g. cereal with honey baked in), should I be worried about infant botulism?

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My infant was fed a commercial product containing honey (e.g. cereal with honey baked in), should I be worried about infant botulism?

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Please refer to the American Academy of Pediatrics best practice guidelines regarding feeding solids to infants (click here). Many foods and commercial products contain honey, and the honey is included in a variety of ways. Because the details of each manufacturing process vary, CDPH is unable to comment on the likelihood that the honey-containing food product may contain viable C. botulinum spores.