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California Law Requires Heavy Metals Testing and Disclosure for Baby Foods

Posted on November 1, 2024
  • In October 2023, Governor Newsom signed into law California’s AB 899, which requires that any baby food products sold or made in the state be tested for arsenic, cadmium,
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Consumer Reports Finds High Lead Levels in Snacks for Young Children

Posted on June 11, 2024
  • A Consumer Reports study found high lead levels in vegetable puffs made from cassava that are marketed as snacks for young children, with one puff containing more lead than any
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Gerber Explains Vitamin C Not Used as a Preservative in Baby Snacks

Posted on March 26, 2024
  • Gerber filed a memorandum (Law360 subscription required) in support of its motion to dismiss a proposed class action that claimed the company had falsely advertised its baby food snack products
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20 States Urge FDA to Take Action on Heavy Metals in Baby Food

Posted on February 20, 2024
  • The attorneys general from 20 states sent a letter to FDA urging the agency to take official notice of three documents relating to lead in baby food in support of
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Nurture Seeks Dismissal of Heavy Metals Lawsuit

Posted on November 28, 2022

 Nurture Says Heavy Metal Baby Food Claims Aren’t Realistic (Law360 Subscription Required)

  • Multiple consumer-protection lawsuits against Nurture, LLC were consolidated in the Southern District of New York on September 1,

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New Jersey Federal Court in Dismissal of Plum Baby Food Class Action Outlines Allegations That Are Critical for Standing

Posted on November 7, 2022

 Plum, Campbell Escape Heavy Metal Baby Food Suit (Law360 Subscription Required)

  • Litigation soon followed a February 4, 2021 report and September 29, 2021 supplement (discussed here) by the U.S.

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Baby Food Lawsuit Dismissed for Relying on “Inferential Leaps”

Posted on October 26, 2022
  • On October 21, a federal judge dismissed a proposed class action complaint against baby and toddler food producer, Sprout Foods Inc. (subscription to Law360 required). In their amended complaint,

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Another Heavy Metals Consumer Class Action Lawsuit Dismissed

Posted on October 24, 2022

Gerber Gets Baby Food Heavy Metals Suit Tossed (Law360 Subscription Required)

  • We reported on the April 25, 2022 dismissal by a New Jersey federal judge of a putative class action

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New Study on Heavy Metal Levels in Baby Foods

Posted on August 23, 2022
  • Healthy Babies Bright Futures (HBBF), which is an alliance of non-profit organizations, philanthropies, and scientists that designs and implements projects to reduce babies’ exposure to toxic chemicals, has released a

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Gerber Argues FDA Preemption in Baby Food Lawsuit

Posted on July 15, 2022
  • In February 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy released a report on the levels of heavy metals found in baby foods and the respective

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