Ticker: Baby formula recalled in botulism probe; FAA grounds MD-11 planes

Two batches of a baby formula possibly linked to an infant botulism outbreak got recalled Saturday a nationwide recall that multistate chains Publix and Meijer reported via their websites ByHeart recalled its Whole Nutrition Infant Formula lot Nos VABP P and VABP P Both have use by dates of Dec The FDA declared ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula makes up an estimated less than of all infant formula sold in the United States and this outbreak does not create shortage concerns of infant formula for parents and family members ByHeart s recall notice admitted that the FDA on Friday reported of babies disclosed to be infected with infant botulism nationwide had consumed ByHeart formula No deaths have been announced The FDA and CDC are counting only those babies as being in the outbreak California Texas and Illinois each have two children sick Washington Pennsylvania Arizona Minnesota New Jersey Oregon and Rhode Island each have one FAA grounds MD- planes U S aviation administrators are ordering McDonnell Douglas MD- planes not be flown until they can be inspected That s after a deadly crash at a UPS global aviation hub in Kentucky killed people last Tuesday UPS and FedEx explained that they were grounding their MD- planes out of an abundance of caution The Federal Aviation Administration followed with a directive Saturday to ground the planes until inspection and correction of any problems In the Louisville crash the jet s left engine detached during takeoff Those killed included the three pilots of the MD- which was bound for Honolulu