Hello everyone! Thought I'd talk about two things in one mail. Hope it's OK. RE: Picky eaters I've been reading about how different people handle "problems" associated with children and eating. A very good book I refer to is called "How to get your kids to eat...but not too much." by Ellen Satter. She talks about eating behaviors from infants to teens. I think it's available from Bull Publishing. RE:Honey & infant botulism I asked our communicable disease bureau chief about honey and infant botulism and she gave me several references. One, the Foodborne Disease Handbook, Vol. 1, by Hui, et al. states the the "spores in honey & other infant foods pose a unique hazard because, in some infants, the spores are able to colonize the intestines, produce toxin, and cause infant botulism. Honey is the only food implicated in infant botulism. While Clostridium botulinum has been detected in such other infant foods as corn syrup and rice cereal, exposure of infants to botulinum spores via these foods seems to be minimal because the levels are low and unlikely to increase during manufacture and storage." In the Bureau of Communicable Disease Control policy and procedure manual for our state (Missouri) botulism is categorized either as foodborne, wound, infant and unclassified cases. Foodborne botulism results from the ingestion of preformed toxins which are produced when food contaminated with C. botulinum spores are improperly preserved and stored under anerobic (without oxygen) conditions. Infant botulism occurs after the spores are ingested. The spores germinate, multiply, and produce the botulism neurotoxin in the infant's GI tract. (This is the most common form of botulism in the US.) Hope this helps! Debbie M-H (Missouri)