The FDA is putting manufacturers on notice to do more to keep contaminants out.
Six different ground cinnamon products sold at retailers including Save A Lot, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar contain elevated levels of lead and should be recalled and thrown away immediately, the US Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday.
The brands are La Fiesta, Marcum, MK, Swad, Supreme Tradition, and El Chilar, and the products are sold in plastic spice bottles or in bags at various retailers. The FDA has contacted the manufacturers to urge them to issue voluntary recalls, though it has not been able to reach one of the firms, MTCI, which distributes the MK-branded cinnamon.
A lot of recalls are voluntary; if a recall is voluntary, then the company should be able to stop the entire supply chain and rid it of the harmful product more quickly and efficiently than the process of a mandated recall would.