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 infant formulas.
Do not use recalled product produced at Abbott Nutrition’s Sturgis, MI, facility the FDA urged.
The largest supplier of
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Refresco Beverages US Inc. of Tampa, FL, has expanded their recall of Great Value Apple Juice to include 133,500 cases of multiple other brands, including Market Basket, Nature’s Nectar, Nice!, Solevita, Urban Meadow, Weis and Wellsley Farms. The recall was initiated because the products contain inorganic arsenic above the action
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Refresco Beverages US Inc. is recalling 9,500 cases of Great Value; 8oz Apple Juice sold in packs of six because the product contains inorganic arsenic above the action level set in industry guidance. According to the details posted online by the Food and Drugs Administration, the recalled apple juice contains
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Scientists have said that a type of small organic arsenic species found in some foods can pose a health risk.
The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) risk assessment revealed that exposure to dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) compounds raises a health risk, while monomethylarsonic acid (MMA), does not pose a concern for any
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S Martinelli & Company of Watsonville, CA, is recalling nearly 25,000 cases of Martinelli’s Gold Medal Apple Juice because of elevated levels of inorganic arsenic.
According to the details posted online by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), the recall was initiated on April 16, 2024, and is ongoing.
Short-term
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WHO is looking for experts to work on the burden of disease caused by foodborne exposure to cadmium, methylmercury, arsenic, and lead.
It is part of the World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Nutrition and Food Safety’s process to collect and assess evidence to estimate the global burden of foodborne
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It’s been 10 years in the making, but the FDA has announced final guidance on the levels of arsenic in apple juice, seen as crucial for children’s safety.
The new guidance sets the level at 10 parts per billion (ppb), the same as the agency’s draft guidance issued in 2013.
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The European Commission has tightened the rules on the presence of arsenic in food products.
The allowed concentration of inorganic arsenic in white rice is lowered, while there are new limits for arsenic in some rice-based food items, infant formula, baby foods, fruit juices, and salt.
Arsenic is present at low
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Consumer groups continue to call for faster and more efficient work from FDA on a variety of topics including heavy metals in baby food and the recent outbreak of cronobacter from infant formula.
The advocacy groups include Consumer Reports, STOP Foodborne illness, the Environmental Working Group, and Healthy Babies Bright
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– OPINION –
By Jenny Shell
On Feb. 4, 2021, the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy released a report detailing its findings and concerns about the presence of heavy metals, such as lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic, in baby foods. Exposure to these metals in
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