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Committee advances bill requiring testing and disclosure for prenatal vitamins amid concerns about heavy metals
Summary
SB 646 would require manufacturers to test prenatal vitamin lots for lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury and to publish results online beginning Jan. 1, 2027; the Assembly Health Committee referred the bill with amendments after supporters and trade groups debated potential unintended effects on product formulation and consumer behavior.
The Assembly Health Committee voted to refer SB 646 to the Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee after a long hearing over contamination of prenatal vitamins and whether mandatory testing and disclosure could help reduce exposure to heavy metals.
Senator Weber Pearson, the bill’s author, said recent studies found troubling levels of heavy metals in prenatal vitamins and that “prenatal vitamins are essential to supporting healthy pregnancies” but must not expose pregnant people or fetuses to toxic elements. The…
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