Plum Organics settlement overview:
- Who: Plum PBC, which does business as Plum Organics, entered into a voluntary compliance agreement with the Texas Attorney General’s Office.
- Why: Plum agreed to continue publishing its heavy metal test results online and strictly follow set safety limits.
- Where: The agreement was filed in Texas state court.
- How to get help: If you have a child diagnosed with autism that you believe to be linked to contaminated baby food, you may be eligible to pursue compensation through an ongoing baby food lawsuit investigation.
Plum Organics has entered into a voluntary agreement with the Texas Attorney General’s Office, committing the company to continue testing its baby food for heavy metals and publishing the results.
The agreement does not accuse the company of any wrongdoing and contains no findings that it sold contaminated baby food.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the agreement on Sept. 29, calling it the first of its kind and a new standard he wants other manufacturers to follow. His office opened an industry-wide investigation in August 2025 amid concerns about toxic metals in baby food products.
Plum, an organic baby food maker that tests each batch of its pouches for heavy metals and publishes the results by lot on its website, cooperated with the investigation. The company stated that it tests every lot for lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury before sale and has published results since December 2024.
According to the agreement, Consumer Reports gave Plum its highest ranking in January 2025 and March 2026 for reporting its testing for lead, arsenic and other toxic elements.
Agreement sets heavy metal limits for baby food for three years
Under the agreement, Plum will continue following U.S. Food and Drug Administration guidance on lead and EU guidance of 40 parts per billion for cadmium and 20 parts per billion for inorganic arsenic. Its new commitment is an internal mercury limit of 10 parts per billion, and Plum will not ship any product lot that exceeds these thresholds.
Plum will also continue posting lab results for products sold in Texas.
“Results for all individual products also will be located on Plum’s website by UPC code, lot number and/or ‘best by’ date,” the agreement states.
The commitments cover baby food in jars, pouches, tubs or boxes intended for children under the age of 2, and they will expire three years after a court signs the agreement. The Plum Organics settlement includes no fine or consumer restitution payments. The Texas Attorney General’s Office noted that its wider investigation into heavy metal in baby food remains ongoing.
The agreement comes on the heels of a class action lawsuit filed in May, accusing Beech-Nut, Gerber, Hain Celestial, Plum, Campbell’s and Walmart of selling baby food products contaminated with dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals.
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The state is represented by Ken Paxton, Brent Webster, Ralph Molina, Will Wassdorf, Johnathan Stone and Kelley Owens of the Texas Office of the Attorney General.
The Plum Organics lawsuit is Texas v. Plum PBC d/b/a Plum Organics, Case No. 494-07202-2026, in the District Court of Collin County, Texas.
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