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.

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