<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Heavy-metal testing requirements for baby-food brands — page updates</title><link>https://heavymetalcertified.com/requirements/baby-food-heavy-metals</link><description>Published revisions of this Heavy Metal Certified page.</description><atom:link href="https://heavymetalcertified.com/feeds/requirements/baby-food-heavy-metals.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Heavy-metal testing requirements for baby-food brands</title><link>https://heavymetalcertified.com/requirements/baby-food-heavy-metals</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://heavymetalcertified.com/requirements/baby-food-heavy-metals#revision-5cd3a24e31308c28</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 21:36:42 GMT</pubDate><description>The federal and state landscape a baby-food brand faces on heavy metals: the FDA&apos;s non-binding lead action levels under Closer to Zero, the absence of a federal testing mandate, and the widening set of state laws (California, Maryland, Virginia, Illinois, with more phasing in) that require monthly testing and public disclosure. How Heavy Metal Tested &amp; Certified helps a brand meet the shared substance of these obligations without replacing any of them.</description></item></channel></rss>