No problem with honey in the mom's food. The problem with honey and babies is that babies don't have high enough stomach acidity to kill the botulism spores. Healthy adults not on acid inhibitors/reducers should have no problem. By the time the spores reach mom's intestines, they are inactive and certainly would not pass through to her milk. She should, however, make sure to wash her hands. I've heard of a case where mom used honey in tea and on biscuits and somehow the honey was transferred via her hands to the breast and then baby's mouth. Chris Hafner-Eaton, PhD, MPH, CHES, IBCLC [log in to unmask] mom, wife, educator, lactation consultant, researcher, scientist, author, organic gardener, photographer, lapidary creator, lousy cleaner. *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html