Target, Walmart Get FDA Warning for Selling Recalled Baby Formula

Target Corp., Walmart Inc. and other large grocery chains were warned by US regulators for continuing to offer ByHeart infant formula for sale that’s been recalled because it’s potentially contaminated with spores that cause botulism.

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday released the letters dated Dec. 12 that direct the stores to improve their efforts to clear shelves of the recalled products that have been tied to infant botulism. ByHeart first recalled some formula on Nov. 8, and expanded the recall to all of its inventory on Nov. 11. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 51 babies given the ByHeart formula have been hospitalized for botulism. None have died.