Is adding garlic powder to pasta with oil safe?
Doubtful. The botulism risk usually arises from long term storage of garlic cloves in olive oil under anaerobic (no oxygen) conditions. You with your garlic powder are nowhere near those conditions. Cooks cook garlic in olive oil all the time, with no ill effects.



Promoted to answer as requested. I was not sure where we draw the line on food safety concerns.