Gerber And BeechNut Ignore Congress And Have Failed To Recall Their Baby Food

The companies continue to sell toxic, heavy metal-contaminated baby food as if nothing was wrong

Friday, January 21, 2022 - A well-written and informative CNN article recently published points the finger at baby food manufacturers Beechnut and Gerber for deliberately failing to take action to voluntarily recall their products after they were found to contain dangerous toxic heavy metals. CNN Health went back to retailers after the US Congressional Subcommittee reported on their findings of the dangers of excessive levels of heavy metal found in baby food. According to CNN, "Gerber and Beech-Nut failed to properly test and remove baby foods with dangerous levels of inorganic arsenic from the market, while Sprout Foods Inc., Walmart's Parent's Choice and Plum Organics (formerly owned by Campbell) were lax in testing and controlling for heavy metals in baby food such as lead, mercury, and cadmium, according to a US Congressional report released Wednesday by the House Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy." Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, chair of the House Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy told the press that the companies willfully kept the contaminated products on the market despite knowing that they contained dangerous levels of lead, mercury, cadmium, and arsenic. The baby food manufacturer's excuse for not recalling their products was that their legal resources believe that they are within the laws and regulations set by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines for testing. The FDA guidelines as they are interpreted imply that baby food manufacturer are only required to test the raw materials that go onto baby food and not the finished product that is fed to infants and young developing children. Heavy metals are found in the air, water, and soil, and all foods are contaminated to a degree, heretofore thought to be within health limited. Toxic baby food side effects include autism, ADHD, developmental delays, or other cognitive or neurological diseases. The parents of children suffering from these conditions should seek the guidance of a baby food lawyer.

The Congressional Subcommittee Investigation was initiated at the request of Healthy Babies Bright Futures, a coalition of advocates committed to reducing babies' exposures to neurotoxic chemicals. The organization "tested 168 baby foods from major manufacturers in the US. The testing found 95% of sampled baby foods contained lead, 73% contained arsenic, 75% contained cadmium and 32% contained mercury. One-fourth of the baby foods contained all four heavy metals. The results mimicked a previous study by the US Food and Drug Administration that found one or more of the same metals in 33 of 39 types of baby food tested," according to CNN Health. HBBF executives told CNN that it takes much less than the limited set by FDA guidelines to cause neurological problems in a child's early brain development, and even the slightest trace amount of the aforementioned heavy metals should be banned. "Even in trace amounts, these contaminants can alter the developing brain and erode a child's IQ," said Jane Houlihan, research director for Healthy Babies Bright Futures."

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