FORMULA milk which could have given a baby food poisoning is being taken from Worcestershire's supermarket shelves.

Manufacturer SMA Nutrition wants parents to ditch tins of SMA Gold and SMA White infant formula powder with expiry dates of October 28 and November 28.

The company is worried the batches - which have been on sale for the past two years - could be linked to a case of infant botulism.

The bacteria can cause neurological disorders, constipation and general weakness.

A spokesman for the Food Standards Agency said it welcomed SMA's move, despite the fact that tests carried out at the affected family's home, and on samples of the product, did not prove the milk had made the baby ill.

"SMA Nutrition is acting in a responsible way and we welcome this precautionary recall," said the spokesman, who urged parents to throw the tins away or return them to SMA.

"There's no reason to believe that this is anything other than a one-off incident.

"Infant botulism is extremely rare - there have only been six cases ever reported in the UK.

"Only this one case has happened in the past two years and there have been no other reported cases since 1994, suggesting there is not a widespread problem.

"However, we intend to work with the baby food industry to look at any lessons that might be learned from this case."