ATTOR­NEY GEN­ER­AL KEN PAX­TON SUES MAJOR BABY FOOD COM­PA­NIES GER­BER AND NESTLE FOR SELL­ING BABY FOOD CON­TAIN­ING DAN­GER­OUS LEV­ELS OF ARSENIC AND LEAD

AUSTIN, Oct. 14 -- The Texas Attorney General issued the following press release:

Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Gerber Products Company ("Gerber") and Nestle USA, Inc. ("Nestle") for deceiving Texas parents about toxic heavy metals in Gerber baby food. Gerber told parents its food is safe, rigorously tested, and recommended by pediatricians. But Gerber's own test results showed dangerous levels of arsenic and lead.

From 2017 through 2019, Gerber used 67 batches of rice flour with more than nine times the arsenic that the federal government allows in bottled water. Its carrots had up to 17 times the bottled-water limit for cadmium. Its sweet potatoes had nearly 10 times the limit for lead. Gerber rarely tested for mercury. For most of t...