ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Virginia is now the third state in the United States to pass a law set to protect babies from dangerous contaminants in their food, joining a growing coalition of concerned states.
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed the Baby Food Protection bill on Friday.
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The legislation requires baby food makers to test for toxic heavy metals and display those test results via a QR code on the label.
The law Governor Youngkin signed is blueprinted off a law passed in Maryland last year, inspired by 7News I-Team Senior Investigator, Lisa Fletcher’s reporting.
The legislation initially passed in both chambers of the Commonwealth before being initially rejected by Governor Youngkin.
State lawmakers sent the bill back to the Governor, unchanged.
After 7News on Your Side pressed the Governor’s Office and exposed his attempts to change the language of the bill, we were notified that the Governor would sign the original bill.
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