A new infant botulism outbreak has affected three infants in three states (California, Pennsylvania, and Washington). All of the sickened children were fed Nara Organics Whole Milk Infant Formula. No deaths have been reported.

Similar to the infant botulism outbreak that occurred in late 2025 linked to ByHeart infant formula, the California Department of Public Health’s Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program (CDPH’s IBTPP) played a key role in the identification of the outbreak. CDPH IBTPP—which operates the only source of infant botulism treatment worldwide, BabyBIG—originally reported three Clostridium botulinum toxin type A infections among infants consuming the same infant formula with illness onset between April and May 2026.

Officials in two states have collected leftover infant formula for testing, which is now underway. Results are expected in the coming weeks.

Recall Information

On June 12, 2026, FDA contacted Nara Organics, based in New York, to notify the firm about the outbreak and recommended a recall due to the severity of illness and the epidemiological signal. On June 13, 2026, Nara Organics agreed to recall all lots of Nara Organics brand Whole Milk Organic Powdered Infant Formula. All of Nara Organics' formula was manufactured in Europe. 

Affected Nara Organics Powdered Infant Formula was distributed nationally across Target retail stores, Target.com, and Nara.com between July 2025 and June 2026. 

Nara will automatically refund all consumers who purchased formula from their website in May and June 2026 and submit a recall form here.