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Are baby foods subject to stricter standards that adult foods? The short answer is, not really. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has specific guidelines for baby formulas, labeling requirements for baby and toddler foods, and maximum allowable levels of arsenic in baby rice cereal. These requirements are not unlike requirements for other foods, but should baby food requirements be stricter than those for adult foods? Recently, baby foods have come under scrutiny following reports of allegedly high levels of heavy metals in baby food. This led to a Congressional investigation.
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Are baby foods subject to stricter standards that adult foods? The short answer is, not really. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has specific guidelines for baby formulas, labeling requirements for baby and toddler foods, and maximum allowable levels of arsenic in baby rice cereal. These requirements are not unlike requirements for other foods, but should baby food requirements be stricter than those for adult foods? Recently, baby foods have come under scrutiny following reports of allegedly high levels of heavy metals in baby food. This led to a Congressional investigation.
On February 4, 2021, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform released a staff report entitled “Baby Foods Are Tainted with Dangerous Levels of Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, and Mercury” (“Staff Report”). The Staff Report recommended additional testing and FDA regulations. The