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It is illegal to add lead to food that is sold in the U.S., but it is still found in some foods and spices. Spices imported from outside the U.S. are more likely to have high levels of lead.
Consumer Reports said it wanted to test ground cinnamon after the Food and Drug Administration received reports in late 2023 and early 2024 of hundreds of children becoming ill with lead poisoning.
In addition to the dozen brands with levels above 1 ppm of lead, 18 brands of various cinnamons or spice blends contained levels of lead ranging from 0.87 ppm to 0.23 ppm, according to the report ...
A nationwide recall of WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree linked to dozens of cases of lead poisoning has renewed concerns about the amount of lead in food.The Food and Drug Administration is ...
"Lead may be present in food from the environment where foods are grown, raised, or processed," according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. "Levels of lead in the environment can vary ...
All products made by Bassar were recalled on the 7th of September. [113] 2024 – Applesauce products containing cinnamon were found to contain lead chromate, leading to reports of child lead poisoning across the United States. The source of the adulteration was the cinnamon, which was thought to have been adulterated to enhance its weight or ...
Exposure to lead can occur by contaminated air, water, dust, food, or consumer products. [2] Lead poisoning poses a significantly increased risk to children as they are far more likely to ingest lead indirectly by chewing on toys or other objects that are coated in lead paint. [2]
The number of children with lead poisoning potentially linked to tainted pouches of cinnamon apple puree and cinnamon applesauce has increased to 64, the Food and Drug Administration reported ...