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• FDA Releases Food Safety Guidance Priorities for 2022

  February 3, 2022

  Randy Dixon, Jr.

  The FDA has released a list of 30 guidance it plans to release over the next year, which will address lead and arsenic in juice, and food poisoning risks.

• Heavy Metals in Baby Food Products Caused Neurological, Cognitive Damage In Child, Mother’s Lawsuit Claims

  January 12, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  A baby food lawsuit filed by a Pennsylvania mother says toxic heavy metals present in popular brands by Beech-Nut and Gerber resulted in her child suffering neurological, cognitive, and developmental damage, delays and deficits.

• Gerber Lawsuit Filed Over False “Non-GMO” Claims Involving Baby Food, Infant Formula and Drinks

  December 30, 2021

  Russell Maas

  A class action lawsuit filed against Gerber claims the company has falsely advertised many of its baby food products as being free of genetically-modified organisms.

• Good Start Toddler Formula Lawsuit Over Misleading Nutritional Claims To Move Forward Against Gerber

  November 5, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  A class action lawsuit against Gerber has been allowed to proceed in claims that the manufacturer misled consumers into believing its Good Start Grow baby food products were nutritionally appropriate.

• Walmart Parent’s Choice Rice Baby Cereal Recall Issued Over High Amounts of Inorganic Arsenic

  October 12, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  Dangerous levels of inorganic arsenic were found in Parent’s Choice Rice Baby Cereal sold at Walmart, which may expose infants to long-term health risks.

• Toxic Baby Food Contaminated With Heavy Metals Sold By Even More Companies, Per New Congressional Report

  October 4, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  A second House report has found more evidence of excessive levels of toxic heavy metals, like arsenic and lead, in popular baby food products, and calls on new testing standards and maximum allowable limits.

• Gerber Baby Food Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over High Levels of Toxic Heavy Metals

  September 29, 2021

  Russell Maas

  A class action lawsuit filed by two mothers claims they, and many other parents and caregivers, would have never bought Gerber's baby food products had they been aware of the high levels of toxic heavy metals, which can cause developmental problems and brain damage in children.

• “Baby Food Fraud” Lawsuit Alleges Manufacturers Cut Corners To Profit Financially

  August 31, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  A class action lawsuit accuses baby food companies of behaving like an organized crime syndicate and defrauding parents into thinking their products were safe despite containing high amounts of toxic heavy metals.

• Federal Judges Refuse To Consolidate Baby Food Heavy Metal Lawsuits

  June 11, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  A panel of federal judges has refused to consolidate lawsuits filed over toxic heavy metals in baby food products, determining the cases will move forward individually instead.

• Beech-Nut To Exit Infant Rice Cereal Market After Recall Over High Arsenic Levels

  June 10, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  Beech-Nut is recalling one lot of single grain rice cereal after high levels of arsenic were detected, and announcing it is leaving the infant rice cereal market due to an inability to guarantee low arsenic levels.