It Finally Happened: Gerber Baby Food Recall  

I tell you, if one baby is even injured in a minor way from one of those glass 'specks', Gerber is going to be hit with a huge lawsuit. And as with most recall lawsuits, a couple people with no babies will try to get in on it! I guess the mothers that make their baby food at home can sleep peacefully. I seriously don't know how they do it, but these days it seems worth the effort.

This is crazy!
I definetelly think it would be safer to recall these products.
If a baby dies from these so called "harmless specks," I can guarantee there will be a lawsuit.
Therefore, Gerber risks being shut down.
It would be in everyones best interests to just recall these products and try and improve.

Hi pyewacket, Didn't this very same thing happen a few years back? (I have this thing with time-- could have been last year or 10 yrs-sorry!:)
I just think that's horrible, and people should know, and not buy any of it! I haven't bought baby food in years, they do still make other kinds, right?

I have children ages 18, 14 & 5 and I seem to recall there being a recall based on glass fragments when each of them were around baby food age. I seldom fed them baby food, they had teeth very early & I always made them fresh foods but it's scary how often it happens. If you think about it, it's easy enough to see how it happens. Those jars are small & delicate (compared to other products that come in glass like tomato sauce) between packaging & shipping I'm sure there are many opportunities for small breaks to happen. I wonder why they haven't changed all baby food to the plastic containers some come in now?

You knew it was going to happen sooner or later.

So what exactly is a "harmless speck"? How large can a piece of glass be and still be considered harmless?

Wow! I am very shocked. How could pieces of glass be classified as "harmless specks"? I think it would be in their best interest to recall because if someones baby does get very ill or heaven forbid die then they will get one hell of a law suit. I am also kind of scared now considering that is the brand I get for my 1 year old daughter. I guess I'll be looking for a different brand. Thanks so much for your informative post!

Darn it all, pyewacket, just when I thought it was safe to come out of the water! As my mother would say, "This is just the tip of the iceberg." People have lost their moral compass and their scruples, and we are taking a chance on all the products that we consume any more. Welcome to the new millennium. They say that they only found 5 pieces of glass in the baby food-well, isn't that special. I hope that mothers will boycott these products until they take them all off of the market for inspection.

I have also been waiting for something to happen with baby food. Berber is unbelievable.Can't beleive they opened that many jars and have the nerve to say it's an isolated incident

I think that life may be getting to simple and we ought to think about going back to the basics. People just don't seem to care anymore about what harm they may do either directly or indirectly. It is so very sad the world has become so selfish, but the price of progress can be high.

OH, my, just another reason I feel better about making my own baby food! Really! I was against gerber from the start of my pregnancy, and have only used gerber foods when absolutely necessary!