Overview
- State testing found mercury, arsenic, lead, and cadmium above federal benchmarks in multiple products, with mercury most frequently detected.
- The Department of Health posted summary results on ExposingFoodToxins.com and announced plans for regular formula surveillance.
- Officials said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was notified as Florida seeks to broaden WIC formula choices in response to the findings.
- Press materials did not include brand-by-brand contaminant levels or laboratory methodology, leaving key data undisclosed.
- Some brand-level assertions, including about Similac Soy Isomil and certain Enfamil products, conflicted with earlier Consumer Reports testing.