Lawmakers target heavy metals in baby food with new legislation
Two Democratic senators have introduced a new bill to limit the levels of toxic metals in commercial baby food. they announced on thursday. The bill, called the Baby Food Safety Act of 2024, would give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) new authority to enforce higher safety standards for commercially available baby foods and […]
Global Metals Markets Face Uncertainty as Russian Ban Takes Effect – OilPrice.com
via metal minor Anyone involved in the metals market now knows that the US and UK recently banned Consumption of Russian aluminum, copper and nickel produced after April 13th. Metals already listed on the London Metal Exchange (LME) and Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will remain consumable, but metals delivered after this date will not be […]
UK and U.S. Impose Joint Sanctions on Russian-Origin Metals
WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States and Britain will begin restricting the trading of new Russian-origin metals, including aluminum, copper and nickel, on global metals exchanges and derivatives trading. The announcement aims to follow up on the G7 countries’ February pledge to “cut Russia’s metals revenues” as the invasion of Ukraine drags on for more […]
Trader Joe’s beats lawsuit over ‘heavy metals’ in dark chocolate
A US judge has accused Trader Joe’s of misleading and endangering consumers by failing to disclose that its dark chocolate bars contained harmful levels of “heavy metals” such as lead and cadmium. Most of the lawsuits were dismissed. In a ruling Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Ruth Bermudez of Montenegro in San Diego ruled that consumers […]