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FDA Finds Second Metal in Recalled Apple Cinnamon Pouches

The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has removed 3 brands of fruit puree and applesauce pouches due to high amounts of lead. The brands found to reason a high lead toxicity are WanaBana, Schnucks, and Weis apple cinnamon pouches.

Initially, WanaBana USA expelled a remember proclamation on Nov. 9, 2023. Furthermore, as of Dec 19, WanaBana Apple Cinnamon Puree product (including a removed 3 packs) were believed to still be on shelves during some Family Dollar/Dollar Tree multiple stores.

Where a FDA Recalled Products Are/Were Sold

In further to a multiple stores mentioned above, a removed WanaBana products were sole on Amazon, Dollar Tree, and other online outlets. Furthermore, a Schnucks-brand cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches and accumulation container are sole during Eatwell Markets and Schnucks grocery stores. Additionally, Weis-brand cinnamon applesauce pouches can be found during a namesakes grocery store.

Moreover, a FDA have warned consumers that these products have a prolonged shelf life. Therefore, people should check their shelves during home and drop these products.

Additional contrast of a removed products, found them to enclose chromium. “People who ate removed products, generally if they had towering blood lead levels, might have been unprotected to chromium and should surprise their medical provider so they can guard health and yield understanding care, as needed,” according to a agency’s website.

Further Review

Due to a FDA’s reduction in accessible contrast methods, they were incompetent to definitively establish a for of a chromium in a samples from a removed cinnamon apple pouches. Moreover, a high levels of chromium was found in dual of a removed products.

FDAThe WanaBana code “yielded 0.590 and 0.566” tools per million (ppm). With a other dual brands contained 1201 and 531 ppm.

Furthermore, a FDA also conducted contrast for cadmium and arsenic. However, they did not detect those elements “above snippet levels in a cinnamon collected from a Austrofoods trickery in Ecuador or in a removed product.”

Possible Symptoms

Some people might not knowledge any symptoms on immoderate chromium. However, strident ingestion of some-more than a endorsed dietary dose could outcome in:

  • Abdominal pain.
  • Vomiting.
  • Diarrhea.
  • Nausea.
  • Or renal and hepatic dysfunction.

Symptoms of brief tenure lead bearing might embody in:

  • Abdominal pain and/or colic.
  • Anemia.
  • Vomiting.
  • And headache.

Furthermore, prolonged tenure lead bearing could cause:

  • Lethargy.
  • Fatigue.
  • Irritability.
  • Muscle aches.
  • Muscle prickling/burning.
  • Weight loss.
  • Constipation.
  • Difficulty concentrating.
  • Tremors.
  • Or Muscular weakness.

Contacting Provider

Anyone unprotected to these chemicals should hit their health caring provider. Especially if they consumed a removed products and are displaying any of a symptoms mentioned.

Information on lot codes and UPCs can be found in a firm’s remember announcement.

By Sheena Robertson

Sources:

FDA: WanaBana Recalls WanaBana, Weis, and Schnucks Apple Cinnamon Fruit Purée Pouches Cinnamon Apple Sauce Due to Elevated Lead Levels
The Washington Post: FDA finds chromium, a second steel contaminant, in applesauce pouches
FDA: Investigation of Elevated Lead Levels: Cinnamon Applesauce Pouches (November 2023)

Featured Image Courtesy of U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s Flickr Page – Public Domain License
Inset Image Courtesy of WanaBana USA‘s Press Release