New Lead Limit Urged for Children’s Candies
The FDA proposed a stricter recommended limit on the amount of lead -- a highly toxic metal -- allowed in certain Mexican-style children’s candies, including spicy lollipops.
The Food and Drug Administration recommends that candies likely to be eaten by children contain no more than one-tenth of a part per million of lead, an 80% reduction from a decade-old level. The amount of lead represented by the new level does not pose a significant risk to small children, the agency said.
Most domestic and imported candies already meet the stricter lead threshold.
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