--- title: "Gerber Rice Cereal Toxic and Removed from Shelves? Moms in Uproar, Gerber Responds Urgently" description: "A viral notice claiming Gerber baby rice cereal was being pulled from shelves sparked widespread concern among mothers. Gerber issued a statement asserting product safety and compliance with standards, while the notice's issuer, a non-official industry committee, faced scrutiny." author: "New Distribution" publisher: "New Distribution" email: "zhaobo258@gmail.com" telephone: "+8615854817671" published: "2021-02-09" language: "en" canonical: "https://xinjignxiao.com/en/articles/gerber-rice-cereal-toxic-and-removed-from-shelves-moms-in-uproar-gerber-3f591c05/" markdown: "https://xinjignxiao.com/en/articles/gerber-rice-cereal-toxic-and-removed-from-shelves-moms-in-uproar-gerber-3f591c05.md" original_source: "https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/dJv-anmgAgJDIzYxaMOowA" translation: "https://xinjignxiao.com/zh/articles/%E5%98%89%E5%AE%9D%E7%B1%B3%E7%B2%89%E6%9C%89%E6%AF%92%E8%A2%AB%E4%B8%8B%E6%9E%B6-%E5%AE%9D%E5%A6%88%E4%BB%AC%E7%82%B8%E4%BA%86-%E5%98%89%E5%AE%9D%E7%B4%A7%E6%80%A5%E5%8F%91%E5%A3%B0-3f591c05.md" attribution: "New Distribution — https://xinjignxiao.com/en/articles/gerber-rice-cereal-toxic-and-removed-from-shelves-moms-in-uproar-gerber-3f591c05/" usage_policy: "https://xinjignxiao.com/ai-policy.txt" --- # Gerber Rice Cereal Toxic and Removed from Shelves? Moms in Uproar, Gerber Responds Urgently > A viral notice claiming Gerber baby rice cereal was being pulled from shelves sparked widespread concern among mothers. Gerber issued a statement asserting product safety and compliance with standards, while the notice's issuer, a non-official industry committee, faced scrutiny. **Scan the QR code in the image to register** On February 8, a trending topic startled many mothers: Gerber rice cereal removed from shelves. The topic quickly sparked heated discussion online. After 6 months of age, babies need to start complementary foods, and infant rice cereal is a top choice for many families. As a well-known brand, Gerber is favored by many mothers. What exactly is going on? A removal notice: On the 8th, a document titled "Notice on the Removal of Gerber Brand Infant Rice Cereal from Shelves" circulated online. The notice stated: Recently, according to reports from foreign media Reuters and domestic media Xinhua News Agency, the U.S. House Oversight Subcommittee pointed out that products from Nurture, Hain Celestial, Beech-Nut Nutrition, and Nestlé's Gerber contain toxic and harmful metals at dangerous levels, and long-term consumption may cause devastating damage to babies' brains. Therefore, the China Business Economics Society Maternal and Infant Industry Committee, with the original intention of caring for the healthy growth of babies, ordered all member units to remove Gerber brand infant rice cereal from shelves. Soon, Gerber's official WeChat account issued a statement on product and quality. The statement said that domestically produced Gerber products sold in the Chinese market comply with China's national food safety standards for infant complementary foods. Gerber products made in the U.S. are safe and meet all requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. As we mentioned in our response to the U.S. Congressional investigation in 2019, the relevant elements involved in the investigation occur naturally in the soil and water where crops are grown. We have taken multiple measures to minimize their levels, including: prioritizing planting locations based on climate and soil; selecting fields that pass soil tests before planting; rotating crops according to the best available scientific methods; and testing agricultural products, water, and other ingredients. So, have Gerber products actually been removed from shelves? A reporter from Xinshibao checked several well-known e-commerce platforms and found Gerber products still on sale. Gerber's flagship stores on these platforms also displayed the product safety and quality statement on their homepages. Who issued the notice? Xinshibao found that the notice was signed by the China Business Economics Society Maternal and Infant Industry Committee. On its official WeChat account, the reporter found the notice, which had over 100,000 reads. According to the account's introduction, the China Business Economics Society Maternal and Infant Industry Committee was formally established on October 29, 2018. The China Business Economics Society appointed Jiang Huashu, editor-in-chief of the all-media publication "Maternal and Infant Vision," as its president, and invited over a hundred enterprises in the upstream, midstream, and downstream industry chains of maternal and infant products, as well as individuals and companies related to the maternal and infant industry, to join. The committee is not an official organization. Its introduction states that the product categories and maternal and infant services it covers mainly include: milk powder, baby bottles, diapers, toiletries, food, health products, toys, clothing and shoes, as well as postpartum recovery, pediatric massage, swimming photography, early childhood education, and other maternal and infant services, along with related supporting products and services. However, netizens dug up that the society had previously been "debunked" by the China Business Economics Society. Some mothers also shared screenshots of conversations with Gerber customer service, in which Gerber customer service stated that the committee's notice violated national food safety law and that Gerber reserved the right to take legal action. Earlier, according to foreign media reports, the U.S. Congress released an investigative report on the 4th stating that four companies allowed heavy metal levels in their baby foods to reach "dangerous" levels and frequently sold foods with high heavy metal content. The four companies were: Nurture, maker of the HappyBABY brand; Hain Celestial Group, maker of the Earth's Best brand; Gerber; and Beech-Nut Nutrition. The four companies named in the report responded. Among them, a representative of Gerber said the heavy metals mentioned in the report came from soil and water in crop production, and Gerber had taken multiple measures to minimize their levels in foods. Source: Xinshibao --- ## Copyright and AI use This article is sourced from New Distribution. Search, quotation, summarization, and model training are permitted, but every use must credit New Distribution and retain the canonical source URL. Contact: zhaobo258@gmail.com · +86 158 5481 7671