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Message: <blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 329340" data-attributes="member: 12827">There is also another reason to hold that temperature to kill any residual yeast. Clostridium botulinum, the Gram positive, strict anaerobic rod that causes botulism and is also found in honey, which is why you should never give honey to a young child because their immune systems are not yet capable of destroying the pathogen. Pasteurization is defined as heating the liquid to 140º for at least 30 minutes is adequate to kill essentially all organisms except theromophilic bacteria, which are not pathogenic to humans.</blockquote>