FDA Pace on Metals in Baby Food Highlighted by Court Rebuke (1)

A federal court ruling on the FDA’s abandoned timelines to regulate limits on heavy metals in baby foods could prompt the agency to move quicker on deadlines in its action plan, some industry watchers say.

The Food and Drug Administration’s prolonged moves to finalize limits for heavy metals in baby food prompted an order from the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to remand deception suits against Beech-Nut Nutrition Co. over alleged undisclosed heavy metals in their products.

Litigation shouldn’t have been dismissed to await regulatory action from the agency, the appeals court said Jan. 18, after the ...