bottled baby food (jars) - risk?

[squirmyworm]

was in boots today and picked up a leaflet about bottled baby foods (glass jars) and some kind of toxic chemical in the lid seal that may have affected some brands (they listed them).

Is this an old thing that i've not picked up before or something new? I was horrified to be honest as they didn't seem to be recalling anything just saying this chemical might be in some baby foods and suggesting a list of tins/packet foods instead

has anyone else seen this or does anyone know any more details? I suddenly thought oh my god I've missed this and I must be the only mum in britain still feeding jars!

Surely if it were a major problem they would have withdrawn everything?

Sure you're not squirmy (only one using jars) and sure it's Ok but this was in the news a few months ago, will see if I can find out more in a bit.

I haven't seen this squirmy and agree with soupy that stuff would have been withdrawn.

BTW you wouldn't be the only mum feeding jars anyway, DS3 will only eat jars and gaggs, spits, shakes his head, blows raspberries for anything I cook for him so I gave up the battle for homecooked and now he eats a whole jar every meal time......little monkey.

VERY low risk, BBC news story from Oct 03 here

Squirmy - do you know which brands were named?

Ohhh Blimey........still scary though..........might give the homecooked stuff another try.

oh well done www - thanks - four days before ds was born, no wonder I didn't see it! too busy lumbering from the sofa to the loo.

looks fairly low risk but I always get a twinge when they say 'looking to phase it out as soon as possible' - like they are with thiomersal
too - somehow makes you think someone knows more than they are saying.

ds is actually on mostly home frozen stuff but I take jars when we go out (he is the opposite to yours emmatmg so we get food spat for miles whenever we are in a public place - nice!)

i think it's all bottled stuff carly by the sound of it