You can’t trust your vegetables or meats, and now, you can’t trust your spices! A national recall has been placed on a specific brand of cinnamon. Per the FDA, the El Servidor Corp ground cinnamon has been pulled from shelves. According to the announcement, the Gutierrez brand cinnamon potentially has “elevated levels of lead.”
“Short term exposures to very low levels of lead may not elicit any symptoms. It is possible that increased blood lead levels may be the only apparent sign of lead exposure. Additional signs and symptoms of lead exposure are more likely with acute exposure to higher levels of lead or chronic exposure to lead,” the announcement clarifies.
“While lead can affect nearly every bodily system, its effects depend upon the amount and duration of lead exposure and age/body weight. If a child is exposed to enough lead for a protracted period of time (e.g., weeks to months), permanent damage to the central nervous system may occur. This can result in learning disorders, developmental defects, and other long-term health problems. For adults, chronic lead exposure is associated with kidney dysfunction, hypertension, and neurocognitive effects.”
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