In reaction to the issue with raised levels of lead in cinnamon in kids’s applesauce and remembers of items in the fall of 2023, the FDA started an evaluation of ground cinnamon and has actually provided cautions.
Throughout the evaluation the Food and Drug Administration discovered raised levels of lead in a number of items. The items are not targeted towards kids, however are utilized as active ingredients in foods that customers might make and serve to kids.
“Consistent with the firm’s Closer to Zero effort, which concentrates on lowering youth direct exposure to lead, the company is suggesting voluntary recall of the items noted below due to the fact that extended direct exposure to the items might be risky. Eliminating the ground cinnamon items in this alert from the marketplace will avoid them from contributing raised quantities of result in the diet plans of kids,” according to the FDA caution.
The FDA’s targeted study inspected ground cinnamon items from discount rate stores and evaluated the samples for chromium in addition to lead.
The ground cinnamon items based on the FDA’s caution are:
DistributorRetailersBrand Names(s)Lots/CodesLead Concentration (ppm)La Fiesta Food Products
La Miranda, CALa Superior SuperMercadosLa Fiesta250332.73 Moran Foods, LLC
Saint Ann, MOSave A LotMarcumBest By: 10/16/25 10DB 04/06/25 0400B13.20 2.70 MTCI
Santa Fe Springs, CASF SupermarketMKNo codes2.99 Raja Foods LLC
Skokie, ILPatel BrothersSwadKX212232.12 Greenbriar International, Inc.
Chesapeake, VADollar Tree Family DollarSupreme TraditionBest By: 09/29/25 09E8 04/17/25 04E11 12/19/25 12C2 04/12/25 04ECB12 08/24/25 08A _ _ 04/21/25 04E5 04/21/25 04E5 2025-09-22 09E20 (Missouri)3.37 2.26 2.03 2.34 3.14 3.12 2.88 3.13 El Chilar
Apopka, FLLa Joya Morelense (Baltimore, MD)El ChilarF275EX1026 (Maryland) D300EX1024 (Maryland)3.40 2.93
The FDA is encouraging customers to get rid of and to not purchase these ground cinnamon items. The FDA has actually advised that the companies willingly remember these items, with the exception of the MTCI cinnamon. The FDA has actually been not able to reach MTCI to share test findings and for that reason has actually been not able to demand that the business start a recall. The FDA will publish updates with interactions from companies that willingly consent to recalls.
Contamination believed to be deliberate
This previous week the FDA validated that lead chromate is the source of lead and chromium in cinnamon applesauce marketed for kids and imported from Ecuador.
Leaders at the FDA continue to think the contamination was deliberate.
The Food and Drug Administration had actually currently validated that applesauce samples had as much as 2,000 times the quantity of lead thought about safe.
3 brand names of cinnamon applesauce pouches were remembered in November of 2023 due to the fact that of lead contamination: Wanabana, Schnucks, and Weis. The FDA likewise discovered raised levels of chromium in the remembered applesauce.
“People who consumed remembered items, particularly if they had raised blood lead levels, might have been exposed to chromium and needs to notify their doctor so they can keep an eye on health and offer helpful care, as required,” according to the FDA.
“Historically, lead chromate has actually been unlawfully contributed to specific spices to increase their weight and color,