Lead in Baby Food: What is “Publicly Available”?
CDPH appears to say that buying a product to access test results is OK.
Category: Food
Lead in Prenatal Multivitamins: California’s Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Testing and Disclosure
Unleaded Kids is proud to have co-sponsored protective prenatal legislation.
Lead in Baby Food: Transparency Update on 39 Baby Food Brands
19 of 39 baby food brands selling products in California are making arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury test results publicly available.
Lead in Food: New Study Shows High Lead Levels in Prenatal Vitamins
This research will aid states like California to lead the way on increasing consumer transparency and incentivizing companies to compete for better products.
Unleaded Kids Asks Feds to Push Harder for Tighter Int’l Lead Standards for Spices
Codex sets weak international standards so at least 95% of ingredients will pass.
Lead in Baby Food: FDA Sets Action Levels, But Loopholes Limit Impact
Recommendations do not jibe with spirit of Closer to Zero Initiative.
Lead in Baby Food: Dietary Supplements Companies Scramble to Comply with California’s AB-899
California requires testing and disclosure of arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury in dietary supplements and other foods when intended for babies.
Lead in Baby Food: California Requires Companies to Disclose Heavy Metal Levels
Plum Organics leads baby food companies in posting toxic element testing results online.
Protecting Kids from Lead: 10 Reasons to be Thankful
There have been many wins in 2024, and we are excited to review them.
Lead in Food: FDA Study Shows Excessive Cadmium, Lead in Kids’ Diets
FDA needs to get the lead and cadmium action levels out by December as promised and then do more to protect millions of infants and young children.