Manufacturing processes have changed in the past 10 or so years, and there
is admittance that there "used to be a concern" about botulism, but now the
party line is that "no cases of botulism have been attributed to Karo
syrup," while they do not recommend use for this purpose.
My feeling is, until we can absolutely absolve Karo in the botulism issue,
it would be a stretch to recommend something to a parent which could come
back to haunt us. Isn't that why we don't recommend a particular formula?
What if it is recalled (metal shards, Enterobacter sakazakii, botulism...)
In a case like this, I would recommend re-lactation, and if the mother were
against my thinking, I would refer her to her paed or doc, and let him/her
take the repercussions.
Best wishes,
Sam Doak
Are you sure? I thought that was honey.
Sharon Knorr
-----Original Message-----
From: Lactation Information and Discussion
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stacy D. Kucharczk, MSN,
CPNP
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 10:03 PM
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Subject: Re: using karo syrup in formula
With regards to the karo syrup, it is now not recommended to do because
there were one or two cases of infant botulism attributed to the karo syrup.
I can't remember the original post, but I would direct the mother to f/u
with the infant's health care provider.
Stacy D. Kucharczk, MSN, RN, CPNP and now....IBCLC!
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