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Baby Foods Sold in California Will Have to Adhere to Strict New Rules for Lead and Other Heavy Metals (www.consumerreports.org)
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The nation's first such rule could benefit parents across the country

Starting in 2024, most baby food sold in California will have to be tested for arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury, due to new legislation that was signed into law on Tuesday by California Governor Gavin Newsom.

“This is a big win for parents,” says Brian Ronholm, director of food policy at Consumer Reports. “It will give them vital safety information about the foods they serve their babies.”

read more: https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/baby-foods-in-california-must-adhere-to-new-rules-for-lead-a6025175550/

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[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

How was this not already a thing

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Those poor business psychopaths who can't possibly make baby food without arsenic and still turn a profit.

[–] thantik@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

In many places it's still not illegal for a cop to have sex with someone who is in custody...

It's mostly because we have a problem with how laws are written/interpreted/enforced. One wrong word, and a company has a loophole.

[–] Zrybew@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

New law: Baby food can't be poisonous

[–] Swim@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

hey, thats like a really good idea. Like so good it should be made into a law or something.

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago

Those goshdarn socialists and their pesky regulashuns!

[–] zloe_zlo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I am pretty bummed that we need a special law banning that :(

[–] Maddie47@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago

So you mean until now it could be full of lead and heavy metals.