Fda Ground Cinnamon Sold At Discount Stores Tainted With Lead Published march 6, 2024 . updated september 9, 2024. shown above are products identified by the fda as having high lead levels as of july 25, 2024. the food and drug administration alerted. Fda officials launched what they called a “targeted survey” of cinnamon products sold in discount stores after an october 2023 recall of lead tainted cinnamon applesauce pouches that sickened nearly 500 u.s. children. the ground cinnamon products in wednesday’s notice had lead levels of 2.03 to 3.4 parts per million, far lower than the.
Lead Contaminated Ground Cinnamon Recalled By Family Dollar And Other File stick and ground cinnamon is displayed for a photograph in concord, n.h., on march 2, 2008. u.s. health officials are warning, wednesday, july 31, 2024, that several types of ground cinnamon sold at certain discount and specialty grocery stores are contaminated with high levels of lead. (ap photo larry crowe, file). The concentrations of lead in the ground cinnamon products ranged from 2 to 3.4 parts per million, according to the fda; the concentrations of lead found in the cinnamon applesauce pouches were. The fda is continuing to review sample results received from state partners who have been continuously sampling ground cinnamon at retail for elevated levels of lead and will update this alert as. Based on results from the survey, the fda is recommending recalls of ground cinnamon from six distributors whose products had elevated lead levels ranging from 2.03 to 3.4 parts per million (ppm.
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