Lead found in baby cereal from Heinz
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Heinz baby products are at the center of a health scare after food safety authorities in east China’s Zhejiang Province sealed 614 boxes of cereal made by the US food giant.
Excessive levels of lead were found in 400-gram boxes of “AD Calcium Hi-Protein Cereal” with batch number 20140413 during a regular food inspection, the Zhejiang Provincial Food and Drug Administration said yesterday.
Food safety staff launched a special inspection of 303 food vendors in the province. The sealed products were 483 boxes from two trade companies in Hangzhou, the provincial capital, and 131 from retailers.
The provincial food watchdog has asked the US-based company to cooperate with the investigation, provide the cause of the contamination and handle compensation.
In a statement issued on Friday, Heinz apologized to consumers and said its own investigation showed materials in one batch of degreased soybean cereal used in the product contained varying levels of lead.
The company has begun recalling products with batch number 20140413, as well as three other batches with numbers 20140414, 20140508 and 20140509, which used the same degreased soybean cereal, as a preventative measure.
According to the company, the contaminated products totaled 1,472 boxes in Zhejiang. By August 10, it had recalled 153 boxes from retailers and sealed them in the company’s storehouse in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province.
Gu Zhenhua, vice president of the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration, said the city was checking relevant batches of Heinz products.
“We are still working on it,” he said. “Whenever detecting products from relevant batches, we will order an immediate removal from the shelf.”
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