(MNN) Senator Amy Klobuchar has introduced a bill that would raise food safety and enforcement standards for commercial foods for babies and toddlers. She says it would allow the FDA to enforce scientifically-established limits on heavy metals found in these foods — such as lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury — plus increase standards for food manufacturer sampling, and testing for other contaminants in imported and domestic processed foods. This comes after Klobuchar called on the U-S Justice Department in February to investigate potential criminal conduct for certain brands of cinnamon applesauce food pouches that contained high levels of lead, later found in babies’ bloodstreams.
Sen. Klobuchar Proposes Bill to Raise Food Safety, Enforcement Standards for Commercial Baby, Toddler Food
May 10, 2024 | 7:47 AM