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Laboratory tests of ByHeart infant formula confirmed some samples were contaminated with the type of bacteria that has sickened more than 30 babies in a growing infant botulism outbreak , the company said late Wednesday.

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The company said on its website that tests by an independent food safety laboratory in Seattle found Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium that produces toxins that can lead to potentially life threatening illness in babies younger than 1. ByHeart officials said they notifie

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