Honest's Baby Wipes Recall: A Quality-Control Or Preservatives Problem?

Honest may be finding that its high standards for product quality are hard to meet without traditional preservative workhorses. The company's wipes recall follows a baby powder recall in January, both for potential microbial contamination, which almost inevitably will land Honest on FDA's for-cause inspection list.

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The Honest Company, Inc.'s contamination issues that prompted a voluntary baby wipes recall earlier this month may not be traceable to the firm's facilities and manufacturing processes as much as to its "Honestly Made Without" guarantee.

Honest currently is recalling selected lots of its baby wipes – described as "premium plant-based cleansing cloths" – due to...

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