{"id":422,"date":"2024-03-07T18:26:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T18:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betterhealthyworld.com\/?p=422"},"modified":"2024-03-07T18:26:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T18:26:07","slug":"6-cinnamon-products-under-fda-scanner-as-experts-find-their-role-in-lead-poisoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betterhealthyworld.com\/news\/6-cinnamon-products-under-fda-scanner-as-experts-find-their-role-in-lead-poisoning\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Cinnamon products under FDA scanner as experts find their role in lead poisoning!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>United States: <\/strong>Consumers should not buy many packages of cinnamon from Family Dollar and Dollar Tree companies because they contain a high lead ratio, according to the experts from the Food and Drug Administration, who came on Wednesday in a health care message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The advice, which also suggests that they should have a thorough examination of their cupboards and throw any of six items away, follows the nationwide recall of applesauce, which was allegedly lead-tainted and resulted in 468 poisonings, mainly among kids of young age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>FDA launches an inquiry amid rising dangers of lead<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the height of the rising dangers of lead poisoning for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/betterhealthyworld.com\/news\/infants-get-protection-against-covid-19-by-antibodies-in-milk-from-mothers-know-more\/\" title=\"\">children<\/a><\/strong>, the FDA launched a dedicated inquiry into ground cinnamon products from discount stores and analyzed all samples for lead and chromium contamination, CBS News reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agency found elevated levels of the metals in six brands:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>La Fiesta, sold at La Superior and SuperMercados<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marcum, sold at Save A Lot<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MTCI, sold at SF Supermarket<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Swad, sold at Patel Brothers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supreme Tradition, sold at Dollar Tree and Family Dollar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>El Chilar, sold at La Joya Morelense<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The recommendation is given by the FDA<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/betterhealthyworld.com\/news\/covid-19-killed-off-one-flu-strain-fda-and-who-call-for-new-flu-vaccination\/\" title=\"\">FDA<\/a><\/strong> is recommending that the manufacturers of the products recall them, with the exception of MTCI cinnamon, as the agency has not been able to reach the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In line with the regulations, the FDA has requested that the manufacturers of the food items recall them; that is other than MTCI Cinnamon, because no one can reach them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two days after the FDA warning, the companies started the recall processes. Concerning this matter, North Bergen Colonna Brothers, located in New Jersey, is recalling 1.5-ounce Ground Cinnamon and 2.25-ounce Supreme Tradition Ground Cinnamon distributed nationwide and specifically via mail order channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, the company&#8217;s management has declared that all ground cinnamon production and distribution have been stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoominfo.com\/c\/el-chilar-rodriguez-distributors-inc\/348856450\" title=\"\">El Chilar Rodriguez<\/a><\/strong> of Apopka, Fla is recalling 127 cases of El Chilar Ground Cinnamon &#8220;Canela Molida&#8221; to be sold in 1.25-ounce bags, which are distributed by La Raza of Forestville, Md., and sold at retail stores throughout Maryland, CBS News reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Immediate symptoms of lead exposure<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the majority of cases, people do not have visible immediate symptoms of lead poisoning. However, long time exposure to the particles may be hazardous to human health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In utero, infancy, and early childhood, exposure to lead can result in severe neurotoxic effects, such as lowering their IQ and learning and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harbor.org\/what-we-treat\/behavior-disorders\" title=\"\">behavioral disabilities<\/a><\/strong>, per the regulating body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For adults, chronic exposure to lead, which may result in the disruption of kidney function, hypertension, and neurocognitive effects, is all associated with lead exposure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FDA investigated products for the presence of lead and eliminated 6 of them as they are linked to around 500 poisoning cases, especially among younger kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[70,39,36,40,22],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betterhealthyworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betterhealthyworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betterhealthyworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betterhealthyworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betterhealthyworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/betterhealthyworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":425,"href":"https:\/\/betterhealthyworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions\/425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betterhealthyworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betterhealthyworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betterhealthyworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betterhealthyworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}