# Summary
The Baby Food Safety Act of 2024 establishes new federal safety requirements for infant and toddler foods, juice, and fruit or vegetable puree pouches to reduce harmful contaminants. The FDA must set limits on lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic in these products through administrative orders, with proposed limits for lead and arsenic due by the end of 2025, cadmium by April 2026, and mercury by April 2028. Food manufacturers must implement sampling and testing programs to monitor for these contaminants beginning two years after enactment and maintain records for at least two years or the product's shelf life. The bill also grants the FDA mandatory recall authority for contaminated infant and toddler food, requires manufacturers to conduct environmental monitoring for pathogens and contaminants, and mandates that the FDA develop an implementation plan for food traceability rules and report to Congress on imported food inspection standards. The bill preempts conflicting state and local regulations regarding contaminant testing and labeling.