Pasteurized honey is also considered mildly toxic in the Ayurvedic medical system from India. It does not cause acute conditions like botulism though. Just a range of issues with skin or stomach. I cannot eat pasteurized honey, makes me feel lousy, and generally I get a mild sore throat.
In the raw food world, feeding raw honey to infants under 1 year is considered bad juju. Makes sense. Whether the story about botulism is true or not true, why bother risking it. However after that time frame, honey is considered manna from heaven for children. Certainly one of the best sweeteners.
Just as a side note, when the CDC states that cases of death were caused by this or that, for the most part, these reports are based on the reports of others, like 'Aunt Jane who was just positive that her stupid daughter in law fed her son/grand-son something that she told her was poisonous'. In other words these reports are considered a bit suspect, possibly third hand, guesses, approximations, theories, prejudices. It's not like someone was there with a camera and a microscope.
In cases of large food distributers where the foods can be traced of course it is different.