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The FDA is screening US cinnamon imports after more kids are sickened by lead-tainted applesauce (apnews.com)
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[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First turmeric, now this? You'd think they would need to test for this pretty regularly.

[–] JoeHill@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You think we’d have fixed this for all imports after we discovered Chinese factories were using lead paint on kids toys back in 2007. Instead we took their word for it that they’d stopped using lead and we did nothing to fix our import system

[–] spamfajitas@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

My favorite was Aqua Dots coated in a chemical that breaks down into GHB