The Nation - News from March 9, 1986

The Food and Drug Administration, after inspecting 40,000 jars of Gerber baby foods, said only 12 contained glass fragments and those were too small to be hazardous. Bill Grigg, speaking for the FDA, said the sampling was taken from warehouses in 18 states, and that four of the 12 contaminated jars had come from Maryland. He did not give the source of the others, but said most of the glass pieces were no larger than the head of a pin, and the largest fragment was less than half an inch long. The FDA has received 259 complaints about glass in the products from people in 35 states.