Baby rice sold at Walmart is being recalled after inorganic arsenic was found during sampling.
The FDA has issued a recall for three lots of Parent’s Choice Rice Baby Cereal. Routine sampling by the FDA found positive traces for naturally occurring inorganic arsenic.
The brand is sold for Walmart and can be purchased online through the retailer as well.
This type of arsenic is in soil, groundwater, and sediments.
The recalls are for the following:
Lot 21083 with UPC Code #00681131082907 with a best if used by date of JUN 24 2022.
Lot 21084 with UPC Code #00681131082907 with a best if used by date of JUN 25 2022
Lot 21242 with UPC Code #00681131082907 with a best if used by date of NOV 30 2022
Courtesy of the FDA.
These should be thrown away or returned to Walmart.
No illnesses have been reported.
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