SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Lead and other toxic heavy metals have been found in dangerously elevated amounts in some commercial baby foods sold in the United States, yet parents have had no way to know if ...

* Most commercial baby foods are sugar-dense and texturally simple, delaying infants' chewing skills * Marketing tactics often use emotional appeals and misleading claims that mask high sugar ...

The alarm certainly sounded long and loud in 2022 when Abbott recalled Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare powdered infant formulas after an FDA investigation found Cronobacter sakazakii in the powdered ...

About 60 percent of packaged baby food sold in the United States doesn’t meet nutritional standards established by the World Health Organization, according to research published recently that opens a ...

For the first time in history, the US Food and Drug Administration has established guidance for levels of lead in processed baby foods that are sold on supermarket shelves and online. The agency’s ...

Consumer Reports and Unleaded Kids, a nonprofit focused on protecting kids from lead exposure, recently evaluated 39 baby food brands to see how easy they make it for parents to check their baby’s ...

As parents, the last thing we want is for our kids to be exposed to anything harmful, especially in their food. A California law that recently went into effect may help reduce that concern for parents ...

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