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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said cinnamon sold by stores including the Dollar Tree and Family Dollar contains lead at levels that could be unsafe for people, particularly children, with prolonged exposure to the spice. The agency urged suppliers to recall the products voluntarily.
Cinnamon products included in the agency’s safety alert include the La Fiesta brand sold by La Superior and SuperMercados; Marcum brand sold by Save A Lot stores; MK brands sold by SF Supermarket; Swad brand sold by Patel Brothers; El Chilar brand sold by La Joya Morelense; and Supreme Tradition brand sold by Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores.
“The FDA monitors foods for lead levels, but the U.S. government doesn’t broadly limit lead in food products.”
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Why…?
Because we’re barely a functioning country connected to a massive military industrial complex at this point.
I imagine lead tainted food is covered by half a dozen other laws.
Where does the AP pull this bullshit from? Of course the US government has enforceable regulations in place on this issue:
https://www.fda.gov/food/environmental-contaminants-food/lead-food-and-foodwares
The US government does broadly limit lead in food products， and the FDA has lead regulations.
Lead contamination in food production has been nearly eliminated since they finally realized it was a problem in the '80s.
https://www.fda.gov/food/environmental-contaminants-food/lead-food-and-foodwares
And this kids, is why we have government regulations - to protect citizens.
Nah, let the free market sort it out. Those kids eating that cinnamon should have done a molecular study of the spice to determine its exact contents before consuming it, so it’s their own fault.
Idk, sounds like socialism to me- the oligarchy
It’s always funny to me when conservatives are like “omg what’s with all the regulations?” as though we just made a bunch of regulations out of thin air… and not to address a problem that was occurring without the regulation.
Back in my day, we’d eat lead paint chips ̸l̸i̴k̸e̸ ̷t̷h̸e̸y̷ ̵w̶e̷r̵e̶ ̴c̷a̴n̷d̷y̸ a̶̪̤̎ṅ̵̢̈́d̸̫͎̃̒ ̴̛̲͊l̵̛̦͑ỏ̶̩̘ỏ̵̬k̷̘̬͒͘ ̵̣̘̾͋ẖ̵͛́o̵̧̘̅w̶͛ͅ ̵͓̦͘Ḭ̸̫̏ ̸̠̫̒̍t̸̼̮͝u̸̼͚̐͊r̸̥̦̄͒n̴͉̬̊e̷̱̣̅̑d̸̤͒ ̴̮̊̔ó̸̬̿u̴͙̼͘t̵͙̥͌̄
There is an FDA acceptable level of rat shit in food.
And it’s not fucking zero percent.
Source?
Pretty sure it’s coming from the rats
Reality mostly
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/04/health/insect-rodent-filth-in-food-wellness/index.html
I mean, you can’t get the levels to zero. Food is grown outside where animals poop, and then the ingredients are stored in warehouses and silos that can’t be made entirely impermeable.
No one sets the limit at zero because it’s almost impossible to achieve. What everyone does is look at how much is safe and then set a limit well below that.
If you’ve eaten food from a garden you’ve eaten food that’s about as dirty as anything else the FDA allows.