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FDA Provides Updates on Closer to Zero Plan

Posted on June 21, 2022
  • As we have previously blogged, FDA announced a three-phase “Closer to Zero” plan in 2021 to reduce the levels of arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury that babies and young

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Baby Food Lawsuit Dismissed as “Simply Speculative”

Posted on April 27, 2022
  • On April 25, a New Jersey federal judge dismissed a putative class action lawsuit against baby food producer Sprout Foods, Inc. finding that the alleged harm was “simply speculative” (subscription

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Congress Voices Concern Over FDA’s Food Safety Actions

Posted on April 13, 2022
  • On April 11, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), who leads the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf about her concerns over

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NY AG Demands Removal of False “Lead Free” Baby Food Claims

Posted on February 23, 2022
  • On February 16, New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a demand letter to HolleUSA to stop making false or misleading claims about their baby food products. The demand letter

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Prop 65 Settlement on Lead in Infant Formula

Posted on February 7, 2022
  • California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, better known by its original name of Proposition 65 (Prop 65), prohibits knowingly exposing any individual to a listed chemical

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FDA Updates Fish Consumption Advice

Posted on November 16, 2021
  • FDA, in coordination with EPA, has issued updated advice about eating fish for those who might become or are pregnant or breastfeeding and for children ages 1-11 years.
  • While the

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AGs Petition FDA on Baby Food Heavy Metal Limits

Posted on November 4, 2021
  • On October 21, 2021, a coalition of 23 Attorneys General petitioned FDA to expedite setting heavy metal standards for baby foods. The petition echoes criticism that FDA’s Closer to Zero

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New House Report on Heavy Metals in Baby Food

Posted on October 4, 2021
  •  Many of our readers will recall a February 4, 2021 report by the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy (summarized here) that raised alarm regarding

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EU Revises Lead and Cadmium Limits

Posted on August 13, 2021
  • The European Commission has again taken aim to reduce the presence of heavy metals in food by setting new limits for lead and cadmium in certain food products. Lead and

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Beech-Nut Exits Market Following Voluntary Recall

Posted on June 16, 2021
  • On June 8, 2021, Beech-Nut Nutrition Company issued a voluntary recall for one lot of its Beech-Nut Stage 1, Single Grain Rice Cereal (“Cereal”). The rice flour used for the

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