Lloyd Spear wrote:
 
> The botulism situation for infants, as far as I know, is that their (infants) immune system > cannot combat botulism until age 18 months or so.
 
This is the case on a small minority of infants.  Most very young babies
can safely eat honey.  Honey was a part of infant formulas for many many
years.  The question is not can infants eat honey safely, but do I want
to take the chance that my infant is one of the minority?
 
> Apparently, honey can harbor low, not dangerous to adult health, levels of botulism.
 
In fact in adults and most infants no level of botulin spores is of any
consequence.  It is only that in some few under developed digestive
systems the spores can actually grow and thus release their very
dangerous toxin.
 
> I also understand that this is all theory and no infant death has ever been blamed on botulism from honey.
 
I believe no actual source of any infant botulism has been pinpointed,
largely because botulin spores are ubiquitous in our world.  They are
found everywhere.
 
--
"Test everything.  Hold on to the good."  (1 Thessalonians 5:21)
 
Tom Elliott
Chugiak,  Alaska
U.S.A.
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