Parents of Children Sickened by Lead Linked to Tainted Fruit Pouches Fear for Children’s Future

Alan Shurtleff (L), Morgan Shurtleff (R) and their daughter, 1-year-old Cora Dibert, pose for a photo at The Bridge Church in Mustang, Okla., on Dec. 2, 2023. Nate Billings/AP Photo

When Cora Dibert went for a routine blood test in October, the toddler brought along her favorite new snack: a squeeze pouch of WanaBana cinnamon-flavored apple puree.

“She sucked them dry,” recalls her 26-year-old mother, Morgan Shurtleff, of Elgin, Oklahoma.