{"id":1822748,"date":"2023-01-24T19:19:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T00:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1822748"},"modified":"2023-01-24T19:20:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T00:20:03","slug":"fda-releases-draft-guidance-on-lead-levels-in-baby-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fda-releases-draft-guidance-on-lead-levels-in-baby-food\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA Releases Draft Guidance On Lead Levels In Baby Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffda-releases-draft-guidance-on-lead-levels-in-baby-food%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1822748&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"p1\">Food and Drug Administration<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/fda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FDA<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3828442-fda-issues-guidance-to-reduce-lead-exposure-in-baby-food\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> draft guidelines on Tuesday regarding levels of lead in certain baby and children\u2019s food products.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/regulatory-information\/search-fda-guidance-documents\/draft-guidance-industry-action-levels-lead-food-intended-babies-and-young-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guidance<\/a> This applies to food intended for children younger than two years of age and foods that are processed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">FDA has set 10 parts per billion as the action level for certain produce. This includes vegetables and fruits as well as meat mixes, single-ingredient custards and puddings, as well yogurts. For root vegetables that are one ingredient, the levels are 20 parts per billion, and dry cereals\u2019 levels are also 20 parts per billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cFor more than 30 years, the FDA has been working to reduce exposure to lead, and other environmental contaminants, from foods.\u00a0This work\u00a0has resulted in a dramatic decline in lead exposure from foods since the mid-1980s,\u201d FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/fda-announces-action-levels-lead-categories-processed-baby-foods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cFor babies and young children who eat the foods covered in today\u2019s draft guidance, the FDA estimates that these action levels could result in as much as a 24-27% reduction in exposure to lead from these foods,\u201d Califf was added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">When deciding on the levels, the agency took into account, with other items, the amount of lead that could be in a food item with no exposure from eating it surpassing the agency\u2019s Interim Reference Level. The agency also noted that while produce and grains are naturally rich in nutrients, they can also be a source of harmful substances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Although the agency acknowledged that the guidelines were not binding, it will take these levels into account when deciding whether to. \u201cbring enforcement action\u201d In certain circumstances. It anticipates that the recommendations may push the manufacturers of these products under the specified action levels to reduce lead content in their items.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe action levels in today\u2019s draft guidance are not intended to direct consumers in making food choices. To support child growth and development, we recommend parents and caregivers feed children a varied and nutrient-dense diet across and within the main food groups of vegetables, fruits, grains, dairy and protein foods,\u201d said Susan Mayne, the FDA\u2019s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition director.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThis approach helps your children get important nutrients and may reduce potential harmful effects from exposure to contaminants from foods that take up contaminants from the environment,\u201d Mayne was also included.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Some noted that the guidelines weren\u2019t quite good enough to do much.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cNearly all baby foods on the market already comply with what they have proposed,\u201d Jane Houlihan is the National Director for Science and Health at Healthy Babies Bright Futures. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/01\/24\/health\/baby-food-lead-levels-fda-wellness\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Consumer Reports noted that the FDA didn\u2019t recommend levels for \u201cbaby junk food,\u201d It claimed that it could, multiple times, have the greatest lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt appears that the proposed standards were set based more on current industry feasibility to achieve the limits and not solely on levels that would best protect public health,\u201d Brian Ronholm, Consumer Reports\u2019 director of food policy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/fda-proposes-limits-for-lead-in-baby-food-11674588483?mod=hp_listb_pos3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidelines on Tuesday regarding levels of lead in certain baby and children\u2019s food products. The guidance is for foods that are meant for infants and young kids under the age of two and that are processed, like those that are kept in certain types of packaging, the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":1822751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[4210,7730,8468,4397,5281,6961,4630,6171],"class_list":["post-1822748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-baby","tag-draft","tag-fda","tag-food","tag-guidance","tag-lead","tag-levels","tag-releases"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1822748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1822751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1822748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1822748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1822748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}