New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- Amid an increasing outbreak of infant botulism, ByHeart on Tuesday voluntarily issued nationwide recall alert for Whole Nutrition infant formula - including cans and a single-serve Anywhere Pack.

The development comes as several infants fell sick in 12 states since August.

Though no deaths have been reported so far, federal health officials said that more cases are pending.

"We are expanding our voluntary recall to include all batches of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula cans and Anywhere Pack™ nationwide. This action is being taken in close collaboration with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), despite the fact that no unopened ByHeart product has tested positive for Clostridium botulinum spores...