More children are in the tally of those with elevated lead levels after eating certain brands of cinnamon applesauce.

As of Jan. 8, the Food and Drug Administration has received 87 confirmed complaints in the outbreak, up from 82 on Dec. 26.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has

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In addition to extremely high levels of lead, the FDA has found elevated levels of chromium in cinnamon applesauce products marketed for children.

The applesauce in question was manufactured by the Ecuadoran company Austrofoods and marked in the United States under the brands Wanabana, Schnucks and Weis. All of the

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The number of children affected by extremely high levels of lead in cinnamon applesauce pouches continues to grow, and some adults are now reported in the outbreak.

The outbreak has been traced to three brands of cinnamon applesauce: Wanabana, Schnucks, and Weis. Astrofoods produced all three in Ecuador and used

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Federal officials are reporting that the patient count in an outbreak of lead poisoning traced to imported cinnamon applesauce stands at more than 200, with all of those affected being six years old or younger.

The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention keep separate

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Usually, an elected official charges before the evidence is in, and the bureaucrat provides an open-ended background about the food safety problem.

But with the lead poisoning of applesauce pouches sold for children, those roles seem to have switched. Jim Jones, FDA’s new Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods, has raised

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Officials from the FDA have closed their investigation into the Ecuadoran company that supplied lead-tainted cinnamon applesauce products to the United States after finding that the lead content was thousands of times higher than recommended levels.

The applesauce, sold in pouches packaged for children, has been found to have a

Continue Reading Officials in Ecuador continue an investigation into lead-tainted applesauce shipped to the U.S.

Federal officials have begun an onsite inspection of a company in Ecuador that exported cinnamon applesauce to the United States that was used in three brands of applesauce traced to an outbreak of lead poisoning in children.

The Food and Drug Administration is inspecting the Austrofoods facility located in Ecuador.

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Federal officials continue to receive reports of children with elevated levels of lead in their blood. An international investigation of cinnamon in applesauce products is ongoing.

As of Dec. 6 the Food and Drug Administration had received reports of 64 “adverse events” in children aged 6 and younger. The children

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The company behind an outbreak of high lead levels in children who ate certain cinnamon applesauce has named the supplier of the cinnamon.

Austrofood, along with Wanabana USA, has named Negocios Asociados Mayoristas S.A., operating as Negasmart, a third-party distribution company located in Ecuador, as the cinnamon supplier.

Based on

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