At least 86 lawsuits have now been filed against firms named in the recent Congressional Subcommittee report on heavy metals in baby food including Beech-Nut Nutrition, which has just announced plans to exit the infant rice cereal category citing difficulties in sourcing rice flour that is consistently below FDA guidance levels for inorganic arsenic.
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FDA to set action levels for contaminants in ‘key foods,’ in wake of baby food heavy metals report By Elaine Watson Under pressure to act in the wake of the recent congressional report into heavy metals in baby food, the FDA says it will issue guidance to identify action levels for contaminants in key foods, as lawsuits against baby food brands pile up, although it has not provided a likely timetable.
Since the Congressional Subcommittee
report was published on February 4, Gerber, Beech Nut Nutrition, Campbell Soup (Plum Organics), Nurture Inc (Happy Family Organics) and Hain Celestial (Earth’s Best) have all been
Lawsuits mount over heavy metals in baby food, but do they have legs? Lawsuits are piling up against companies cited in a recent Congressional report into heavy metals in baby food. But how might courts decide if these complaints have legs, and what can be reasonably expected from food manufacturers given that the FDA has said that heavy metals “cannot be completely avoided in the fruits, vegetables, or grains that are the basis for baby foods, juices, and infant cereals ?
To explore some of the issues in these cases, FoodNavigator-USA first spoke to Adam Fox, partner at Squire Patton Boggs; and David Kwasniewski, an attorney at BraunHagey & Borden (who are not representing any of the defendants in these cases).
FDA weighs in on heavy metals in baby food as lawsuits pile up In the wake of the recent congressional report into heavy metals in baby food, the FDA says its goal is to reduce exposure to toxic elements in foods through research and collaboration, but has not said if it plans to issue guidance on upper limits for heavy metals for more food categories, as lawsuits against the baby food brands referenced in the report continue to pile up.
Since the
report was published on February 4, Gerber, Beech Nut Nutrition, Campbell Soup (Plum Organics), Nurture Inc (Happy Family Organics) and Hain Celestial (Earth’s Best) have all been