June 18, 2009
This post is prompted by an email we received 2 days ago from a visitor. She sent in the following: I found your site by Googling “Can Toddlers eat Activa yogourt”, the reason being that my husband bought Activa for our 18 month old recently instead of Stonefield YoBaby. Soon afterwards he started suffering diarrhea [...]
September 22, 2008
We’re happy to report that we can confidently say that the Babycook is indeed BPA free. The wonderful folks behind ZRecs have just posted on HealthyChild/HealthyWorld about the changes to the U.S. distribution of the Beaba Babycook. Included in the post is info. about the new distributor (Svan) as well as the steps they have [...]
September 13, 2008
Spoiled vegetable claims lead to baby food probe at Central Valley plant By Associated Press FRESNO — State officials are investigating whether the operator of an organic baby-food plant ignored warnings that moldy vegetables were used in its product. Health inspectors say they are looking into allegations made by two former managers at Initiative Foods [...]
September 12, 2008
Here is an important part of the FDA warning: The FDA is advising caregivers not to feed infant formula manufactured in China to infants. This should be replaced with an appropriate infant formula manufactured in the United States as mentioned below. Individuals should contact their health care professional if they have questions regarding their infant’s [...]
August 16, 2008
Please visit this link http://www.ewg.org/node/27023 to read the latest on BPA from the FDA
July 23, 2008
MILAN (Reuters) – The amount of a controversial chemical bisphenol A (BPA) found in baby bottles is tiny and cannot harm human health, the European Union’s top food safety body said on Wednesday reacting to recent health concerns. Earlier this year, a heated debate over BPA safety sparked in the United States and Canada [...]
June 6, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 2008 Media Inquiries: Michael Herndon, 301-827-9182 Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA FDA’s Chief Scientist Asks Science Board Subcommittee to Review Research on Bisphenol-A As part of an ongoing effort, a subcommittee of the FDA’s Science Board will hold a public meeting on the safety of bisphenol-A (BPA) in plastics, review an [...]
May 26, 2008
We have been away for the long Memorial weekend and much has happened. We wanted to post the following warning about Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream in case some of you may have missed it! The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use or purchase Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream, marketed by MOM [...]
May 8, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2008 Release #08-263 Firm’s Recall Hotline: (866) 619-8673 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 Baby Bottle and Food Warmers Recalled by Munchkin Due to Fire Hazard WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary [...]
May 5, 2008
Heinz Australia is undertaking a precautionary recall of its Mum’s Recipe Chicken and Vegetable Risotto 7-9 Months (170g) and Globetotters Vegetable Napolitana 7-9 Months(170g). This action has been taken after a preliminary investigation indicated that some zucchini seed, potentially not suitable for babies of this age, found its way into these products. The recall applies [...]
May 5, 2008
As we noted in an earlier post, the description for the Beaba BabyCook really surprised us. We were surprised to find that the cooking/steaming basket is made of Polycarbonate! Yep, that BPA leaching plastic #7! In reviewing this for our newsletter, we went back to get the description only to find that they REMOVED the [...]
May 1, 2008
We first noted a study about arsenic levels in baby rice on 31 March 2008 on our Forum. It appears that this study is once again gaining steam in the U.K. with the focus on calming the public! Our posting at the time was thus – This study just came to light: Baby rice warning: [...]