FDA Issues Public Health Alert About Lead Contamination in Cinnamon

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a fresh warning on Thursday that it identified a new cinnamon product sold in the United States that has lead contamination. The ground cinnamon has the El Servidor brand name and is distributed by a company of the same name based in Elmhurst, New York. The product was sold through Mannan Supermarket Inc., based in New York City, according to the FDA notice. It’s not clear if the El Servidor cinnamon product was sold at other locations. The notice only listed Mannan Supermarket. “Through product testing conducted by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets and confirmed by the FDA, the FDA has determined that the ground cinnamon product listed below contains elevated levels of lead and that exposure to this product may be unsafe,” the agency said....