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Mike Snider | USA Today

FDA announces proposed levels for lead in processed baby food products

Past studies have found levels of lead, arsenic and other heavy metals in popular baby foods. (stock.adobe.com)

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday released a draft regulating proposed allowable lead levels in processed foods for babies and children under two years of age.

The proposed action levels — which are not legally set limits, but could lead to FDA enforcement action — would result in reduced exposures to lead and lessen potential health effects for babies and toddlers at ages when their brains are still developing, the agency said.

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