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Homemade vs. store-bought baby food — Which is safer?
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Homemade versus store-bought baby food, which is safer? Consumer Reports dug into one new report and the answer might surprise you.Homemade vs. store-bought baby food: Which is safer? The answer might surprise you.
According to a new report from Healthy Babies Bright Futures, homemade baby food might pose the same problems as store-bought.
“When it comes to detectable levels of heavy metals, the report finds that homemade baby food is no safer than store-bought,” said Consumer Reports’ Kevin Loria.
Those heavy metals include lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury. The biggest offender is foods made from rice, such as rice puffs and rice cereals.
While heavy metals naturally exist in the environment, most metals in food come from farming practices or industrial pollution. And certain ingredients -- like rice and spinach -- are more likely to absorb certain metals,” Loria explained.
Exposure to heavy metals in children has been linked to behavioral issues, lowered IQs, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
The Food and Drug Administration has announced plans to set limits on metals in certain foods. But until that takes effect, there are ways for parents to keep their children’s food safe.
Make sure your kids eat a healthy variety of foods, including fruits and vegetables, such as broccoli and sweet potatoes.
Focus on meals made with foods that tend to have lower levels of heavy metals, such as bananas, oranges, eggs, and meats. In addition:
Eat fresh or frozen fruits instead of canned.
Replace infant rice cereal with infant oatmeal.
Peel sweet potatoes and carrots to reduce heavy metal levels.
Offer tap water instead of fruit juices.
And if you’re used to giving your kids rice puffs as a snack, Consumer Reports recommends offering your kids applesauce, fruit, yogurt, or cheese instead.
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Homemade baby food contains as many toxic metals as store-bought, study finds
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But there are ways parents can minimize exposure
Marilyn Moritz, Reporter
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If you think making your own baby food is safer than using store-bought options, a study finds that's likely not true.SAN ANTONIO – Alondi Alberti makes her own baby food for her daughter, Rain, because she wants to be sure what she’s feeding her is safe.
“I worry about what’s in store baby food all the time because I just don’t know what to trust, what’s in the soil, where that product is being raised,” the first-time mother said.
But homemade might pose the same problems as store-bought baby food, according to a report from Healthy Babies Bright Future.
“When it comes to detectable levels of heavy metals, the report finds that homemade baby food is not safer than store-bought,” said Consumer Reports’ Kevin Loria.
Those heavy metals include lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury.
The biggest offender is foods made from rice, such as rice puffs and rice cereals.
“While heavy metals naturally exist in the environment, most metals in food come from farming practices or industrial pollution. And certain ingredients like rice and spinach are more likely to absorb certain metals,” Loria said.
Exposure to heavy metals in children has been linked to behavioral issues, lowered IQs, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The Food and Drug Administration has announced plans to set limits on metals in certain foods.
But until that takes effect, Consumer Reports suggests the following ways for parents to keep their children’s food safe:
Make sure your kids eat a healthy variety of foods, including fruits and vegetables, such as broccoli and sweet potatoes.
Focus on meals made with foods that tend to have lower levels of heavy metals, such as bananas, oranges, eggs and meats.
In addition, eat fresh or frozen fruits instead of canned.
Replace infant rice cereal with infant oatmeal.
Peel sweet potatoes and carrots to reduce heavy metal levels. And offer tap water instead of fruit juices.
If you’re used to giving your kids rice puffs as a snack, CR recommends offering your kids applesauce, fruit, yogurt or cheese instead.
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S. Mitin took part in the meeting of the State Commission for Combating Illegal Circulation of Industrial Products
Discussed drinking water quality issues for baby food and consumer protection organic products.
First Deputy Chairman Federation Council Committee on Agrarian and Food Policy and Environmental Management Sergei Mitin Mitin
Sergey GerasimovichRepresentative of the executive body of state power of the Novgorod region took part in the meeting of the State Commission for Counteracting illegal trade in industrial products.
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The meeting was held under Chairmanship of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation - Minister industry and trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov with the participation of senators of the Russian Federation, representatives of federal and regional government authorities, companies and organizations.
In progress of the event, the mandatory requirements for labeling water for children nutrition and consumer protection when buying imported organic products.
Sergey Mitin noted the high dynamics of the packaged drinking water market. According to the senator, since 2019, the Federation Council, together with ministries and departments, according to the senator, has been systematically working to increase packaged water quality. A set of measures has been developed, the main purpose of which is the creation in Russia of a system for traceability of packaged water from the well to the counter. The parliamentarian cited the information of the Russian operator digital marking, according to which, after applying the water marking system managed to bring out of the shadows more than 150 companies that produced water, but did not report on their activities.
Sergey Mitin drew attention to the need to move the issue forward as soon as possible mandatory labeling of packaged drinking water for baby food. "Security the quality of drinking water for baby food is a top priority. In July, the relevant Committee of the Federation Council recommended that the Government expedite the adoption regulations on labeling with means of identification of packaged water for baby food," the senator said.
Sergey Mitin took part in the meeting of the State Commission for Combating Illegal Circulation of Industrial Products
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Sergey Mitin took part in the meeting of the State Commission for Combating Illegal Circulation of Industrial Products
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Sergey Mitin took part in the meeting of the State Commission for Combating Illegal Circulation of Industrial Products
9003 0 out of 3 the results of the discussion, the participants of the meeting of the State Commission approved the draft order of the Government of the Russian Federation, which provides for the inclusion in the list of goods subject to mandatory labeling of packaged water for baby food. Sergey Mitin also noted the dynamic growth of the organic market. According to senator, the Federation Council pays special attention to the development of production and sale of organic products. "Since the entry into force of the basic law on organics, the number of producers has increased, the geography of production, the range of organic products has increased.
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The parliamentarian reported that senators and deputies developed and submitted draft laws to the State Duma on amendments to the basic law on organic products, providing for the possibility of being included in the Unified State Register of Manufacturers organic products of foreign legal entities that have been certified organic production. Also the opportunity to be organic producers provided to the self-employed. In addition, it is planned to clarify the labeling organic products, fixing the equivalence of the concepts of "organic", bio, eco.
The parliamentarian noted that the production of organic products differs from the typical model of management agriculture: agrochemicals, pesticides, antibiotics, growth stimulants and hormonal drugs, various methods treatments, including ionizing radiation. All this greatly reduces productivity, and, as a result, the profitability of production.
“Given the absence at present time of specialized measures to support producers of organic products, it seems extremely important to legislatively ensure their protection from unfair competition with "pseudo-organics," the senator emphasized.
Catering in preschool | Municipal budgetary preschool educational institution "Kindergarten No. 204 "Lapland" of the city of Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic
Menu (Diet for children from 1 year - 3 years old and from 3 - 7 years old with a 12-hour stay in a preschool educational institution (01.09.2022 - 31.11 .2022)
Menu of prepared dishes (Age category: from 1 to 3 years, from 3 to 7 years)
"Catering"
SanPiN 2.3 / 2.4.3590-20 "Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for the organization of public nutrition of the population”, approved by the Decree of the Chief Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation of October 27, 2020 N 32
When organizing baby food, the preschool educational institution is guided by an Approximate two-week meal plan (menu) for organizing meals for children from 1 to 3 years old and from 3 to 7 years old in a municipal preschool institution that implements a general educational program of preschool education with a 10.
5-12 hour stay children.
The menu complies with SanPiN 2.3/2.4.3590-20 “Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for the organization of catering for the population”, approved by the Decree of the Chief Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation of October 27, 2020 N 32 (agreed with the Office of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Field of Protection rights of consumers and human well-being in the Chuvash Republic - Chuvashia (LETTER dated February 26, 2015 No. 04/127 “on the consideration of approximate two-week menus for organizing meals for children in kindergartens aged from 1 to 3 years, and from 3 to 7 years).
4 meals a day are organized in the preschool educational institution: breakfast, second breakfast, lunch and a packed afternoon snack Cheboksary dated April 3, 2017 No. 812 “On Amendments to the Decree of the Administration of the City of Cheboksary dated October 7, 2013 No. 3206 “On the fee charged from parents (legal representatives) for the supervision and care of children in municipal preschool educational institutions of the city of Cheboksary”
section “2.
4. For supervision and care of disabled children, orphans and children left without parental care, children with tuberculosis intoxication studying in municipal preschool educational organizations, parental fees are not charged.
For the supervision and care of children with disabilities, the parental fee is charged excluding the cost of breakfast and lunch.
More detailed information about nutrition in preschool educational institutions in the city of Cheboksary is available on the website of the Department of Education of the Administration of the city of Cheboksary
Administration of the Department of Education of the city of Cheboksary (link)
DOCUMENTS
SanPiN 2.3 / 2.4.3590-20 “Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for public catering of the population”, approved by the Decree of the Chief Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation of 2070.10 N 32 (agreed with the Office of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare in the Chuvash Republic - Chuvashia (LETTER dated February 26, 2015 No.
04/127 “on the consideration of approximate two-week menus for organizing meals for children in kindergartens aged 1 to 3 years, and from 3 to 7 years).
Order on the transition to the seasonal menu
Decree of the City of Cheboksary City of the Chuvash Republic No. 606 dated 03/25/2019
Decree of the City of Cheboksary of the Chuvash Republic No. 1143 dated 06/28/2018
Resolution
Report on the expenditure of funds in the MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 204" in Cheboksary for the I quarter of 2019
Report on the expenditure of funds in the MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 204" in Cheboksary for the II quarter of 2019
Report on the expenditure of funds in the MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 204" in Cheboksary for the III quarter of 2019
Report on the expenditure of funds in the MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 204" in the city of Cheboksary for the IV quarter 201 9 of the year.
Report on the expenditure of funds in MBDOU "Kindergarten No.
204" in Cheboksary for the 1st quarter of 2020.
Report on the expenditure of funds in MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 204" in Cheboksary for the II quarter of 2020.
Report on the expenditure of funds in MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 204" in Cheboksary for the third quarter of 2020.
Report on the expenditure of funds in MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 204" in Cheboksary for the fourth quarter of 2020.
LOCAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS Preschool educational institution
- Work plan of the marriage commission of the MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 204", Cheboksary;
- Regulations on the marriage commission;
- Work plan for catering MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 204", Cheboksary;
CONTROL
- Regulations on catering for the municipal budgetary preschool educational institution "Kindergarten No. 204" of the city of Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic.
Regulations on the administrative control of the organization and quality of food in MBDOU "Kindergarten No.
