A Year Later, The Cinnamon Lead Recall Still Isn't Over (The List Of Brands Keeps Growing)

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A Year Later, The Cinnamon Lead Recall Still Isn't Over (The List Of Brands Keeps Growing)

Cinnamon is a beloved flavor of the fall season , but the FDA is ramping up warnings about the presence of lead in this spice and other products containing it. The agency initiated the recall, now updated to include 16 cinnamon brands, in July 2024, less than a year after multiple cinnamon-flavored fruit puree pouches were found to contain high levels of lead (which appeared on our list of Dollar Tree's biggest food recalls ). As a result, the FDA encouraged greater lead testing of cinnamon at the state level, which led to the agency's most recent findings.

Recalled products have been distributed around the country to retailers like Dollar Tree, Save-A-Lot Food Stores, and other esta