Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an agreement with Plum Organics requiring stronger testing and limits for heavy metals in covered baby food products, along with publicly accessible testing results. The release does not state a monetary penalty; the agreement follows an ongoing investigation into baby food manufacturers.
Plum agreed to follow FDA guidance for lead testing and allowable levels, use current EU guidance for cadmium and inorganic arsenic where FDA action levels are absent, and apply an internal 10 ppb mercury standard. It will not ship lots exceeding applicable standards and will continue publishing searchable heavy-metal testing results for covered products sold in Texas.
Review supplier and manufacturing agreements for enforceable testing protocols, contaminant thresholds, lot-level testing and release controls, audit rights, and obligations to withhold or recall nonconforming products. Customer and distribution agreements should address access to testing results, product traceability by UPC and lot number, and responsibility for publishing or communicating safety information. This release concerns food safety rather than personal-data practices, so it does not indicate a need to revise privacy, data-processing, or breach-notification clauses.
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"baby food manufacturer Plum Organics (“Plum”)"
"September 29, 2026 | Press Release"
"many U.S. baby food manufacturers had adopted internal standards that allowed dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals in their products."
"Plum will not ship a product from a lot if testing demonstrates that the lot exceeds these applicable standards."
"Plum has agreed to continue publishing applicable heavy metal testing results on its website for covered baby food products marketed, distributed, or sold in Texas."
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