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DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — The Food and Drug Administration is investigating heavy metals found in baby food. The agency issued recalls, that are still in effect, for many products.
Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez, along with a coalition of 20 attorneys general, urged the US Food and Drug Administration to take decisive action to safeguard infants and young children across the nation from exposure to lead and other harmful metals in baby food.
Even some foods generally considered healthy may contain toxins, like arsenic, mercury and cadmium, health experts say.
Apple juice with more than 10 parts per billion of inorganic arsenic along with other factors could trigger enforcement action by FDA, the agency warned yesterday in guidance finalized ten years after it first proposed the limit.
We have reported on developments regarding toxic elements of concern that may be present in the food supply and, in particular, FDA's "Closer to Zero" plan...