After recalling a bunch of cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches—tied to greater than 460 confirmed and suspected instances of lead poisoning—final November, the FDA seemed additional into the lead content material of floor cinnamon bought at low cost shops. One results of this investigation: On March 6, the FDA launched a assertion recommending the recall of six floor cinnamon merchandise as a consequence of elevated lead ranges.

The contaminated cinnamon manufacturers and particular tons affected are:

• La Fiesta, lot 25033, bought at La Superior SuperMercados
• Marcum, finest by 10/16/25 and 4/06/25, bought at Save A Lot
• MTCI, bought at SF Grocery store
• Swad, lot KX21223, bought at Patel Brothers
• Supreme Custom, finest purchase dates from 4/25 by way of 9/25, bought at Greenback Tree and Household Greenback
• El Chillar, F275EX1026 and D300EX1024, bought at La Joya Morelense in Baltimore, Maryland

The FDA urges customers to keep away from shopping for these floor cinnamon merchandise and to throw them out in the event that they already bought them. Lead ranges discovered within the spices vary from 2.03 to three.4 elements per million, per the assertion. These numbers are far decrease than the focus discovered within the applesauce pouches recalled final fall—which was upwards of 5110 elements per million—nonetheless, the FDA stresses that extended use of the recalled cinnamons “could possibly be unsafe,” particularly for younger youngsters.

Lead is all over the place—within the setting, paint, plumbing, and meals—so federally accepted ranges differ relying on the patron good. FDA draft steering for meals meant for infants and younger youngsters, for instance, is 10 elements per billion for fruits, greens, yogurts, and meat and grain mixtures. The FDA additionally maintains that there isn’t any identified secure degree of publicity to guide.

To make sure this difficulty doesn’t unfold additional, the FDA despatched a letter to all U.S. cinnamon producers, processors, distributors, and facility operators to remind them of their authorized obligation to stop contamination.

Folks with lead poisoning usually don’t present signs, per the CDC, which is why prevention is so essential. Lengthy-term results depend upon the extent of publicity and embody reminiscence issues, impaired speech, lowered IQ, fatigue, irritability, constipation, and vomiting, amongst others. In different phrases, when you’ve got one of many recalled floor cinnamon merchandise sitting in your pantry, sprinkling it in your (or your child’s) oatmeal isn’t definitely worth the danger.

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After recalling a bunch of cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches—tied to greater than 460 confirmed and suspected instances of lead poisoning—final November, the FDA seemed additional into the lead content material of floor cinnamon bought at low cost shops. One results of this investigation: On March 6, the FDA launched a assertion recommending the recall of six floor cinnamon merchandise as a consequence of elevated lead ranges.

The contaminated cinnamon manufacturers and particular tons affected are:

• La Fiesta, lot 25033, bought at La Superior SuperMercados
• Marcum, finest by 10/16/25 and 4/06/25, bought at Save A Lot
• MTCI, bought at SF Grocery store
• Swad, lot KX21223, bought at Patel Brothers
• Supreme Custom, finest purchase dates from 4/25 by way of 9/25, bought at Greenback Tree and Household Greenback
• El Chillar, F275EX1026 and D300EX1024, bought at La Joya Morelense in Baltimore, Maryland

The FDA urges customers to keep away from shopping for these floor cinnamon merchandise and to throw them out in the event that they already bought them. Lead ranges discovered within the spices vary from 2.03 to three.4 elements per million, per the assertion. These numbers are far decrease than the focus discovered within the applesauce pouches recalled final fall—which was upwards of 5110 elements per million—nonetheless, the FDA stresses that extended use of the recalled cinnamons “could possibly be unsafe,” particularly for younger youngsters.

Lead is all over the place—within the setting, paint, plumbing, and meals—so federally accepted ranges differ relying on the patron good. FDA draft steering for meals meant for infants and younger youngsters, for instance, is 10 elements per billion for fruits, greens, yogurts, and meat and grain mixtures. The FDA additionally maintains that there isn’t any identified secure degree of publicity to guide.

To make sure this difficulty doesn’t unfold additional, the FDA despatched a letter to all U.S. cinnamon producers, processors, distributors, and facility operators to remind them of their authorized obligation to stop contamination.

Folks with lead poisoning usually don’t present signs, per the CDC, which is why prevention is so essential. Lengthy-term results depend upon the extent of publicity and embody reminiscence issues, impaired speech, lowered IQ, fatigue, irritability, constipation, and vomiting, amongst others. In different phrases, when you’ve got one of many recalled floor cinnamon merchandise sitting in your pantry, sprinkling it in your (or your child’s) oatmeal isn’t definitely worth the danger.

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