The Food and Drug Administration has issued an advisory for six brands of cinnamon due to possibly containing lead.
La Fiesta, Marcum, MK, Swad, Supreme Tradition and El Chilar brands of ground cinnamon are typically sold at discount stores and contain between 2.03 and 3.4 parts per million of lead, the agency said.
“It is important to note that the lead levels found in the ground cinnamon products listed above are significantly lower than lead levels in cinnamon in the recalled apple sauce pouches removed from the market this past fall,” the FDA said. But, it added, the products “could be unsafe for prolonged use.”
In children, long-term exposure to high levels of lead can lead to slower development, brain and nervous system damage, behavioral and learning problems and hearing and speech problems. Adults can experience similar impacts, but at much higher amounts of lead, according to the CDC.
— source npr.org | Mar 7, 2024