is calling on her colleagues to pass the Improving Newborns’ Food and Nutrition Testing Safety (INFANTS) Act, which would require finished baby food products and infant formula to be tested for toxic heavy metals and other contaminants.
Support passage of the Improving Newborns’ Food and Nutrition Testing Safety (INFANTS) Act to require testing of finished baby food products and infant formula for toxic heavy metals and other contaminants.
Occurrences
Evidence
FDA analysis under Operation Stork Speed found very low or undetectable levels of heavy metals and other contaminants in more than 300 infant formula samples; the report also notes the U.S. still lacks enforceable heavy-metal limits in formula.
Assessments
The record provided shows FDA administrative testing activity on infant formula, but it does not show that the INFANTS Act passed or that Emilia Strong Sykes materially advanced its enactment. With no direct evidence of congressional passage or of Sykes's role in securing it, the promise cannot be verified as fulfilled.