More children were apparently sickened by apple puree pouches recently recalled due to dangerous lead contamination, the Food and Drug Administration said.
The agency has received 52 reports of elevated lead levels among children who reportedly consumed the products, which is up from 34 cases reported last week. The reports span 22 states and involve children between the ages of 1 to 4, according to the FDA’s online update on the investigation.
The pouches were marketed to parents and children under three brands: WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree and Schnucks and Weis cinnamon applesauce pouches. They were sold by national grocery chains, including Dollar Tree, and online retailers such as Amazon.
The FDA said it is still working with Dollar Tree to get the recalled products off of shelves in several states.
In hindsight, kids under a certain age can’t handle solids. I don’t think giving them a foil pouch is a good idea though!
And if they’re old enough to open a foil pouch and eat from it without eating the foil, they’re old enough to eat a banana.
I’m sure you’ll condescend to me about how I can’t possibly understand how hard you have it and bla bla bla
A banana texture raw vs a raw apple are very different. Toddlers need most of their food softened/chopped to small bites depending on teeth. No condescension but also just not the same thing at all.
Okay, I meant “give them a banana instead of apples” but if they must have apples then just scoop apple sauce out of a bulk tub or can or jar! A single use foil pouch is both wasteful and dangerous - not just because of this lead story, but kids chewing on foil can cut their mouth up. Also, again, emphasis on wasteful.
You want your kids to have a world to live in when they grow up, right?
Not a parent, but the obvious difference to me is single use pouches are way more portable, and probably a bit less messy.
Have a few small portable jars that the bulk applesauce can be transferred to.
“Oh but that’s slightly more work”
Yeah okay, fair. Let’s collectivize child care and stop making parents do all of this shit by themselves.