Baby foods used to wean infants off milk have been found to contain "alarming levels of toxic contaminants including arsenic, lead and cadmium.Last night there were calls for urgent new safety rules to control the presence of the poisons in foods intended for young children.
The findings come as officials at the Food Standards Agency and the European Commission are conducting an urgent review to establish new limits for the long term exposure of these contaminants in food.
The products tested by the researchers were made by major baby food manufacturers including Organix, Hipp, Nestle and Holle - some of which are available in British supermarkets.
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Of all the things that you would think would be safe to eat in this world, it would be baby food.
ReplyDeleteRidiculous, isn't it?