Nara Organics is voluntarily recalling its powdered infant formula over concerns of a potential risk of Clostridium botulinum contamination. File Photo by National Institute of Korean Language/Wikimedia Commons
Nara Organics is voluntarily recalling its powdered infant formula over concerns of a potential risk of Clostridium botulinum contamination.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration announced the recall on Saturday, citing three cases of infants between 2 and 5 years old being hospitalized.
“Late on Friday June 12, 2026, the FDA provided epidemiological information to us of three cases of infant botulism in babies who the CDC reported had consumed Nara Infant formula,” Nara Organics said in a product recall alert. “As of today, no Nara formula tested positive for C. Botulinum.”
The affected products are the 700 gram and 400 gram varieties of Nara Organics Milk Infant Formula. They are sold at Target stores. The products were distributed between July 2025 and June 2026.
Infants in California, Pennsylvania and Washington were treated for infant botulism, an illness the CDC said is “rare but potentially fatal.” The illness is the result of spores being ingested and spreading in the intestinal tract. The spores then create a neurotoxin that causes the illness.
Symptoms of infant botulism include constipation, poor feeding, drooping eyelid or ptosis, sluggish pupils, flattened facial expression, weak or altered cry, respiratory difficulty and potential respiratory arrest and diminished suck and gag reflexes.
Symptoms may not present until weeks after ingesting the Clostridium botulinum spores.
“Seek immediate health care if your infant consumed Nara Organics brand infant formula and has any of these symptoms,” the CDC said.
