House Agriculture - 2026-02-19 - 2:10PM

House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, & Forestry · February 19, 2026

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Hearing opened; purpose and witness introduction

Announcement

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Chair opens the remote hearing, announces the committee will take testimony on H536, 'an act relating to toxic heavy metals and baby food products,' and invites the first witness to present.

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A House committee heard testimony on H536, a bill to require testing and public disclosure of toxic elements (lead, cadmium, mercury, inorganic arsenic) in baby foods. Two witnesses—Tom (Unleaded Kids) and Brian Ronholm (Consumer Reports)—urged removing an infant-formula exemption, fixing QR-code access problems, and using test-and-disclose to drive market change.

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