“They exist in tiny amounts in the soil, and also can be found in water.” As a parent, you’re likely wondering how to reduce ...

The Food and Drug Administration urged food manufacturers last week to significantly reduce the amount of lead in processed ...

These draft action levels support the agency’s broader effort to reduce exposure to arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury from foods, and advance the FDA’s goals in the Closer to Zero action plan that ...

Baby food manufacturers obviously put a lot of emphasis on the healthy and nutritious aspects of their products. But what ...

Draft guidelines released by the agency on Tuesday outline a new maximum amount of lead that should be found in baby food.

The allowable levels of lead in certain baby and toddler foods should be set at 20 parts per billion or less, according to new draft guidance issued Tuesday by the US Food and Drug Administration.

“Lead is in almost every baby food we’ve tested, and the action levels that F.D.A. has set will influence almost none of that food.” She said the limits would address some of the highest ...

Anyone can read what you share. By Christina Jewett The Food and Drug Administration’s new plan to keep high levels of lead out of baby foods like mashed sweet potatoes, apple sauce and dry ...

"They are the most protective in the world," Neltner said. Parents worried about lead in baby food face a dilemma because homemade baby food will also have heavy metals, he said. "We think most ...

Parents might expect and trust that their infant’s commercially produced baby food is automatically protected by tightly ...