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In India, it's the done thing. It's done to get the newborn swallowing. Typically, a relative who's in the delivery room dips a finger in honey and applies a little bit to the roof of the mouth (of the newborn). In fact, there's a saying, "I gave you honey" (said by an older person to a young 'un), which means, "I gave you life", which comes from this procedure. Look at the population of India. Do you think the "botu…
Look at the population of India. Do you think the "botulism spores" have caused any damage? Besides the obvious, "YES!", what effect does your statement have on the fact that American babies have died from botulism spores found in raw honey? Have you verified that, of Indian infants who died, all were tested for botulism? I suspect you haven't, and it sounds like maybe you're just ranting about the tangential subject…
So the data is not there for an "advanced" country like Canada; what are the chances that there's such data in India?
Do you have any references to back up your _fact_ that babies have died from botulism spores that definitely _came_ from raw honey?