Food Contamination
Parent’s Choice Baby Foods Contain Heavy Metals Class Action
On February 4, 2021, a House Subcommittee released a report entitled, “Baby Foods Are Tainted with Dangerous Levels of Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, and Mercury.” Walmart, Inc., among other baby food makers, had been asked to participate in testing of its Parent’s Choice products in connection with the investigation, but it had refused. The complaint quotes Read more
Hain Celestial Heavy Metals in Baby Food Class Action
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. makes Earth’s Best Organic baby foods, which the complaint for this class action says “are marketed as high quality baby food with a focus on wholesome ingredients.” But this is a false impression, the complaint says, because “the Baby Foods contain levels of toxic heavy metals which exceed [Food and Read more
Plum Baby Food and Heavy Metal Content Class Action
Plum, PBC is a subsidiary of the Campbell Soup Company that makes baby food. The complaint for this class action alleges, “Plum’s baby food products have been shown to contain significant levels of arsenic, mercury, lead, and cadmium—all known to pose health risks to humans and particularly infants.” Plum does not warn consumers about this, Read more
Beech-Nut Baby Foods Contain Heavy Metals Class Action
On February 4, 2021, a House Subcommittee published a report claiming that baby foods made by some of the most prominent baby food companies have been “tainted with significant levels of toxic heavy metals, including arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury.” This class action brings suit against one of those companies, Beech-Nut Nutrition Company, for selling Read more
Manufacturers Permit Heavy Metals in Baby Food Class Action
A recent US House of Representatives Subcommittee report has led to a rash of lawsuits against baby food makers, because it found heavy metals in samples of baby food. This class action brings suit against four of them—Hain Celestial Group, Inc., Gerber Products Company, Beech-Nut Nutrition Company, and Plum, PBC. It alleges their baby foods Read more
Walmart Parent’s Choice Heavy Metals in Baby Food Class Action
Walmart’s line of baby foods is called Parent’s Choice. It includes snacks, “rice rusks,” and traditional jars of pureed foods. But the complaint for this class action alleges that the baby foods contain toxic heavy metals, including arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury, that threaten children’s health and well-being. The complaint refers to a Congressional Subcommittee Read more
Parent’s Choice Baby Foods Contain Heavy Metals Class Action
When the House of Representatives Subcommittee was investigating heavy metals in baby foods, Walmart’s Parent’s Choice was one of the makers that refused to cooperate with the investigation. The complaint for this class action alleges that Walmart “chose to omit or conceal” that its Parent’s Choice baby foods “contained, or were at risk of containing, Read more
Beech-Nut Baby Foods Contain Heavy Metals Class Action
Beech-Nut Nutrition Company makes baby foods that it markets as being “100% Natural” and good for babies. However, the complaint for this class action allege that Beech-Nut baby foods actually contain significant amounts of heavy metals that may harm infants and children. The allegations are based on two reports, including one from a Congressional subcommittee. Read more
Plum Organics Baby Food and Heavy Metals California Class Action
The House of Representatives Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, Committee on Oversight and Reform published a report on baby foods produced by the seven largest baby food companies in the US, finding that they are “tainted with significant levels of toxic heavy metals, including arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury.” Plum was not one of Read more
Happy Baby’s Baby Food Contains Heavy Metals Class Action
When parents buy baby foods, they expect that the makers will have taken care to make the foods healthy and safe. But a recent Congressional Subcommittee report has shown that a number of the most popular brands of baby foods contain heavy metals, such as arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury. The complaint for this class Read more