Ground cinnamon sold at 割引 蓄える/店s is tainted with lead, FDA 警告するs

Ground cinnamon sold by U.S. 割引 retailers is 汚染するd with high levels of lead and should be discarded, 連邦の health 公式の/役人s said Wednesday.

The U.S. Food and 麻薬 行政 said cinnamon sold by 蓄える/店s 含むing the Dollar Tree and Family Dollar 含む/封じ込めるs lead at levels that could be 危険な for people, 特に children, with 長引かせるd (危険などに)さらす to the spice. The 機関 勧めるd 供給者s to 解任する the 製品s 任意に.

Cinnamon 製品s 含むd in the 機関's safety 警報 含む the La Fiesta brand sold by La Superior and SuperMercados; Marcum brand sold by Save A Lot 蓄える/店s; MK brands sold by SF Supermarket; Swad brand sold by Patel Brothers; El Chilar brand sold by La Joya Morelense; and 最高の Tradition brand sold by Dollar Tree and Family Dollar 蓄える/店s.

"除去するing the ground cinnamon 製品s in this 警報 from the market will 妨げる them from 与える/捧げるing elevated 量s of lead to the diets of children," the 警報 said.

消費者s should not buy the 製品s and should throw away any コンテナs they have at home, the 機関 said.

Dollar Tree and Family Dollar 蓄える/店s have 除去するd the cinnamon from their 蓄える/店 棚上げにするs, a company spokesperson said. 顧客s can return 製品s to nearby 蓄える/店s for a refund.

This combination of phot
os provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 shows cinnamon products sold in U.S. discount stores which contain elevated levels of lead. Top row from left are distributed by La Fiesta Food Products of La Miranda, Calif.; Moran Foods, LLC of Saint Ann, Mo., and MTCI of Santa Fe Springs, Calif. Bottom row from left are from Raja Foods LLC of Skokie, Ill.; Greenbriar International, Inc. of Chesapeake, Va., and El Chilar of Apopka, Fla. (FDA via AP)

This combination of photos 供給するd by the U.S. Food and 麻薬 行政 on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 shows cinnamon 製品s sold in U.S. 割引 蓄える/店s which 含む/封じ込める elevated levels of lead. 最高の,を越す 列/漕ぐ/騒動 from left are 分配するd by La Fiesta Food 製品s of La Miranda, Calif.; Moran Foods, LLC of Saint Ann, Mo., and MTCI of Santa Fe Springs, Calif. 底(に届く) 列/漕ぐ/騒動 from left are from Raja Foods LLC of Skokie, Ill.; Greenbriar International, Inc. of Chesapeake, Va., and El Chilar of Apopka, Fla. (FDA 経由で AP)

FDA 公式の/役人s 開始する,打ち上げるd what they called a "的d 調査する" of cinnamon 製品s sold in 割引 蓄える/店s after an October 2023 解任する of lead-tainted cinnamon applesauce pouches that sickened nearly 500 U.S. children.

The ground cinnamon 製品s in Wednesday's notice had lead levels of 2.03 to 3.4 parts per million, far lower than the puree pouches, which 含む/封じ込めるd 2,270 parts per million to 5,110 parts per million of lead.

No illnesses or other health 影響s have been 報告(する)/憶測d in 関係 with the new ground cinnamon 警報, the FDA said.

There is no 安全な level of lead (危険などに)さらす for humans. Long-称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語 (危険などに)さらす of lead can 原因(となる) problems, 特に in growing children, 含むing learning disabilities, behavioral difficulties and lower IQ.

The FDA 監視するs foods for lead levels, but the U.S. 政府 doesn´t 概して 限界 lead in food 製品s. The 機関 sent a letter to all cinnamon 製造業者s, 加工業者s, distributors and 施設 操作者s in the U.S. reminding them they're 要求するd to 妨げる 汚染 from 化学製品 hazards in food, 含むing spices.

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