Ground cinnamon sold in U.S. discount stores is contaminated with high levels of lead and should be discarded.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said cinnamon sold by stores including the Dollar Tree and Family Dollar contains lead at levels that could be unsafe for people, particularly children, with prolonged exposure to the spice. The agency urged suppliers to recall the products voluntarily.

Cinnamon products included in the agency’s safety alert include the La Fiesta brand sold by La Superior and SuperMercados; Marcum brand sold by Save A Lot stores; MK brands sold by SF Supermarket; Swad brand sold by Patel Brothers; El Chilar brand sold by La Joya Morelense; and Supreme Tradition brand sold by Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores.

    • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Nah, let the free market sort it out. Those kids eating that cinnamon should have done a molecular study of the spice to determine its exact contents before consuming it, so it’s their own fault.

    • CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      It’s always funny to me when conservatives are like “omg what’s with all the regulations?” as though we just made a bunch of regulations out of thin air… and not to address a problem that was occurring without the regulation.