About baby/infant botulism caused by honey

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baby/infant younger than one year may suffer from baby/infant botulism by eating honey.
Honey is a food that is at high risk for baby/infant under one year old.
Clostridium botulinum is heat-resistant, so it does not die with normal heating or cooking.
Do not give food such as honey or beverages and sweets containing honey to baby/infant under one year old.

In general, honey is not heat-treated before packaging, so it may contain botulinum bacteria.
In addition, the heat resistance of Clostridium botulinum (spores) is said to be 4 minutes at 120 degrees for 4 minutes, and does not die by normal heating and cooking.

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare website The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is given honey after one year old (outside site).