Walmart is under fire after a report claimed high levels of arsenic and lead in its spices
The retailer is now fighting against a trial based on these serious statements.
Walmart offers low prices On a number of products - and this includes basic foods from the grocery store. The Great Value de Méga-Détaillet store store has more than 150 herbs, spices and seasoning mixtures in its inventory, and many commonly used spices (such as garlic powder and paprika) are sold for $ 1, this which makes it great value, as promised. But the cost apart, these spices that you want to have at hand? After a report alleged that there were high levels of arsenic, lead and cadmium in certain spices of Walmart, the retailer faces a new trial. Read the rest to learn more about this legal battle.
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A trial has recently been filed against Walmart for his spices.
On June 24, the complainants Susan Gagetta and Tracie gomez deposit a collective recourse against Walmart at the American district court for the North District of California, saying that some herbs and spices of great value contain heavy metals such as lead, arsenic and cadmium. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
The complainants included high value basil leaves, chili powder, ground cumin, organic terrestrial ginger and organic paprika in their complaint.
"Heavy metals in food has a serious safety risk for consumers, as they can cause cancer and serious and often irreversible damage to brain development as well as other serious health problems," said the trial.
The trial was based on a 2021 report.
For their trial, Gagetta and Gomez cited a report that involved the herbs and spices of Walmart. In November 2021, Consumer Reports Published results of tests It made 15 types of dried herbs and spices used in a variety of kitchens. For tests, consumer organization analyzed 126 products from several different brands, including the great value of Walmart.
According to the report, a third of the products tested contain combined levels of arsenic, lead and cadmium which were high enough to raise health problems when they are regularly consumed in typical portions. With Walmart herbs and spices, Consumer Reports has found at least a few concerns for the five products that have since been mentioned in the trial.
"When people think of heavy metals in their diet, if they do, it's probably lead in their drinking water or arsenic in fruit juices or children's grains", " James Rogers , PHD, director of food security and tests at Consumer Reports, said in a statement. "But our tests show that dried herbs and spices can be a surprising and disturbing source for children and adults."
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Walmart has filed a request for rejection of the complaint.
December 7, Walmart filed a rejection request the case. The company maintains that the plans of the applicants is based on "false information denounced by notable and notable scientific facts published by the federal agencies responsible for supervising the food supply of this nation", according to dismissal.
The large-scale retailer said that the Food and Drug Administration of the United States (FDA) and the Ministry of Agriculture (USDA) "recognize that natural arsenic, cadmium and lead are omnipresent in food supply … And that these natural metals cannot be avoided. "
Walmart also said that the complainants had not said that they had aroused physical or economic injury to the purchase of high -value herbs and spices.
But the complaint should now move forward.
Walmart failed to bring down the entire trial. On December 21, American district Judge William Orrick judged that the implicit warranty claims Can be launched according to On non-complaints of a complaint, reported the courthouse News Service. But the judge decided that the business knot - If the spices of the great value of Walmart contain dangerous levels of heavy metals - not to be decided at this stage and must move forward, according to the media.
Orrick gave the complainants until January 9 to file a modified complaint. He found that they "presented an adequate theory of injuries for most of their causes of action because of the risk, because they would not have bought the products if they had experienced contamination and because Walmart does not dispute Not that its products contain heavy metals, "explained the information department of the courthouse.
Better life contacted Walmart to comment on the trial, but has not yet heard.
