Baby Food Lawsuits Keep Piling Up After Heavy Metals Report (1)

Campbell Soup Co. and Nurture Inc. join the list of baby food companies hit with consumer lawsuits in the wake of a House subcommittee report concluding that seven major brands contain “significant levels” of heavy metals.

Campbell touts its Plum Organics brand as especially healthful for young children but doesn’t disclose the presence of heavy metals in its product line, making its marketing deceptive, Erin Smid alleges in a suit filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Nurture Inc., too, emphasizes desirable health and nutrition attributes of its Happy Baby line of organic products, ...