The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday released a draft regulating proposed allowable lead levels in processed foods for babies and children under two years of age.
Lead, arsenic cadmium and mercury – metals that the FDA considers harmful – can remain in the environment for decades from past pesticide and herbicide use, Michael Hansen, a senior staff scientist with Consumer Reports, told a U.S. House subcommittee looking into the issue in 2021.The processed foods covered by the draft proposal, entitled
The agency will take public comment for 60 days before beginning work on a final version of the proposal. Those foods are high in lead and arsenic and they need acceptable levels, too, said Tom Neltner, senior director for safer chemicals at the Environmental Defense Fund."It may have been they weren't sure how much of a biscuit a kid actually eats, or the contribution to the diet may be small," he said.
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