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lordbubax t1_j6d33ds wrote

Reply to comment by girnigoe in Why can an adult’s GI tract expel C. botulinum spores while an infant can’t? by curiousnboredd

> acidity is also the reason that botulism isn’t SO likely in fruit jams, but more likely to be a problem in canned meat.

Isn't it due to fruit jams high sugar concentration?

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PBlueKan t1_j6dc98y wrote

No. One of the most common pathways infants are infected with C. botulinum spores is through honey.

The bacteria goes dormant in spores which are incredibly hard to kill. Sugar has nothing to do with it.

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girnigoe t1_j6dqxdp wrote

so, the thing about honey seems weird (maybe you have more info than i do though).)

i read in a medical source that after the widespread campaign to NEVER feed babies honey, which every US parent myst have heard of at this point, the rates of infant botulism… did not change.

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