Parents Are Furious About ByHeart’s Formula Botulism Recall

At the end of October, Fabio Luz noticed that his newborn son was suddenly having trouble swallowing and sucking from a bottle. At first, the baby’s pediatrician thought it was reflux, but as the days went on, the infant kept getting weaker. His body was floppy, and when he cried, he was so weak you could hardly hear him. After many tests at the hospital, doctors told Luz and his wife that they believed their son had infant botulism, a rare illness caused by bacterial spores that can lead to paralysis and trouble breathing and can be fatal. They were stunned. How could their 5-week-old have been exposed? “My wife and I are so cautious. We barely leave the house,” Luz says. “They were asking us if we gave him honey, which we didn’t.” A week later, ByHeart, the formula brand Luz’s son “drank