The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded its public health alert to include additional ground cinnamon products found to contain elevated levels of lead, urging consumers to immediately discard these items and avoid purchasing them.
The FDA announced on Nov. 6 that Super Brand ground cinnamon has been added to the list of products deemed unsafe due to high lead content.
The updated alert follows the collection of samples of Super Brand ground cinnamon by the Arkansas Department of Health that revealed lead concentrations of up to 7.68 parts per million (ppm).
This comes after an Aug. 30 update, which added Asli brand ground cinnamon to the alert after similar findings….