1987 | Hey, baby, want some beet sugar?

Most headline-making food scandals since the '80s have centered on bacteria or impurities, but here we find an old-style adulteration scandal, harkening back to the 19th century: Beech-Nut Nutrition, the big baby food maker, is accused by the FDA of marketing and selling a blend of beet sugar, cane sugar syrup, and corn syrup as "apple juice" for babies. The resulting $2 million fine is the largest to date and comes on top of a $7.5 million class-action lawsuit.