- California AG Rob Bonta issued an enforcement advisory reminding baby food manufacturers and retailers of their obligations under Assembly Bill 899, which requires monthly testing of final products for arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury and online disclosure of the results.
- The advisory appears aimed at companies that require consumers to enter package-specific codes to view test results, saying that practice may prevent parents from reviewing the information before purchase.
- Bonta warned that noncompliant products cannot be sold in California and that violations may trigger enforcement under the Unfair Competition Law, California’s consumer protection statute.
- California’s warning follows other AG activity on heavy metals in baby food, including a previously reported Texas AG investigation and calls from the Arizona and D.C. AGs for FDA guidance.