Nurture, Inc. makes baby food products under the Happy Baby brand. Unfortunately, the complaint for this class action alleges that a recent report from a Congressional subcommittee cites Nurture’s baby foods as among those containing toxic heavy metals.
The class for this action is all persons in the US who bought Nurture’s baby food products.
Nurture’s website, the complaint alleges, “touts the ‘Quality & Safety of Our Products’ and claims it ‘only sell[s] products that have been rigorously tested and we do not have products in-market with contaminant ranges outside of the limits set by the [Food and Drug Administration (FDA)].”
But the complaint alleges these statements are “incomplete, misleading and deceptive with respect to” heavy metals. It quotes the FDA as saying that “even low levels of harmful metals from individual food sources, can sometimes add up to a level of concern.” Exposure to heavy metals can cause irreversible damage.
The FDA does not have a safe level of inorganic arsenic consumption for baby food. According to the complaint, there are also no federal standards for lead, cadmium, or mercury in baby foods. The complaint adds, “There is no level of Toxic Heavy Metal Exposure that is considered acceptable for babies.”
On February 4, 2021, the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy put out a report that certain baby food makers permitted unsafe substances in their foods. These substances included arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury.
As part of the investigation leading up to the report, the Subcommittee in November 2019 had asked certain manufacturers, including Nurture, to provide internal records of testing and other documentation.
According to the complaint, “The Subcommittee observed that in many cases, Nurture released products for sale even after its test results showed concentrations of Toxic Heavy Metals exceeding its own internal goal thresholds.”
As to arsenic, for example, the complaint quotes the Subcommittee as saying that Nurture “sells products even after testing confirms that they are dangerously high in inorganic arsenic.” The complaint claims, “Over 25% of the end products Nurture tested and sold contained inorganic arsenic levels exceeding Nurture’s own internal goal level of 100 ppb, more than half contained levels exceeding 50 ppb, and over 78% tested at 9 ppb or more.”
The complaint alleges, “The concentrations of Toxic Heavy Metals reflected in Nurture’s own test results and as reported by the Subcommittee showed Nurture is knowingly selling Baby Food Products and using ingredients that contain potentially dangerous levels of Toxic Heavy Metals.”
Nurture released these contaminated products without any warnings to consumers about the heavy metal content, the complaint alleges.
Article Type: LawsuitTopic: Consumer
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Nurture Baby Foods Concerning Levels of Heavy Metals Complaint
July 2, 2021
Nurture, Inc. makes baby food products under the Happy Baby brand. Unfortunately, the complaint for this class action alleges that a recent report from a Congressional subcommittee cites Nurture’s baby foods as among those containing toxic heavy metals.
Nurture Baby Foods Concerning Levels of Heavy Metals ComplaintCase Event History
Nurture Baby Foods Concerning Levels of Heavy Metals Complaint
July 2, 2021
Nurture, Inc. makes baby food products under the Happy Baby brand. Unfortunately, the complaint for this class action alleges that a recent report from a Congressional subcommittee cites Nurture’s baby foods as among those containing toxic heavy metals.
Nurture Baby Foods Concerning Levels of Heavy Metals Complaint