FDA: Applesauce Lead Poisonings May Be Intentional

NBC News reports:

The lead contamination in recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches that potentially poisoned at least 65 children may have been intentional, the Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.

The FDA has been investigating the lead contamination in the cinnamon-flavored applesauce products from Florida-based food manufacturer WanaBana since October.

The agency has homed in on the cinnamon specifically as the source of the lead. A spokesperson for the FDA said that one of the agency’s current theories is that the cinnamon contamination was the result of “economically motivated adulteration.”

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The lead contamination in recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches that potentially poisoned at least 65 children may have been intentional, the FDA says. https://t.co/Tm3EHuq0ZS

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U.S. health officials have launched an inspection of a plant in Ecuador that made the cinnamon applesauce pouches linked to dozens of cases of acute lead poisoning in U.S. children. https://t.co/SBFUAyGnZU

— ABC News (@ABC) December 10, 2023