Re: honey??

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At 09:59 PM 11/26/97 PST, gerri shames wrote:
>lately i've been asked repeatedly by quite a few motheres about the
>adviseability of giving honey to infants under a year old.
>besides real honey; there is a new natural mixture claiming to
>replace iron supplements which, among other ingredients, also
>contains honey.any thoughts, suggestions? thanks, gerri shames,r.n.
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>Name: Gerri Shames
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Several years ago I called an infant botulism study center in San Francisco. Their recommendation was that a child not receive honey in any form until the first birthday. This includes foods such as honey graham crackers.
Their rational was primarily legal: there's never been a known case of infant botulism linked to honey in baked products, but they couldn't take the responsibility of saying it's O.K. when there's even a theoretical risk.

Michael Sachs, M.D.
General Pediatrician