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FDA finds 'extremely high' lead levels in cinnamon at Ecuador plant that made tainted fruit pouches(apnews.com)

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U.S. food inspectors found “extremely high” levels of lead in cinnamon at a plant in Ecuador that made applesauce pouches tainted with the metal, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday. The recalled pouches have been linked to dozens of illnesses in U.S. kids.

Cinnamon tested from the plant had lead levels more than 2,000 times higher than a maximum level proposed by the FDA, officials said.

The samples came from ground or powdered cinnamon from Negasmart, an Ecuadorian company that supplied the spice to Austrofoods, which made the pouches. The applesauce pouches were sold under three brands — WanaBana, Schnucks and Weis. Officials with Austrofoods did not respond to requests for comment about the investigation.

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gibmiser@lemmy.world
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Our government needs to threaten sanctions if they don’t take real action.

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dewritoninja@pawb.social
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Great because damaging the lively hood of 16 million innocnet people is the way to solve things

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Garbanzo@lemmy.world
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That’s just 16 million people who should be motivated to demand a functioning regulatory regime

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meat_popsicle@sh.itjust.works
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Fuck anybody involved with adding lead to a food supply. If the other country won’t take action then I’d hope my country will.

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Yeah, and so it becomes political so no-one will ever know the truth

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