Scientists are to conduct a risk assessment on certain pathogens in powdered infant formula following the global distribution of contaminated ByHeart products.
At the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene meeting in December in Nashville, members asked the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA) for a risk assessment on spore-forming pathogens, including Clostridium botulinum and Bacillus cereus, in powdered infant formula.