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The Food and Drug Administration has issued an advisory for six brands of cinnamon due to possibly containing lead.

La Fiesta, Marcum, MK, Swad,  Supreme Tradition and El Chilar brands of cinnamon are typically sold at discount stores and contain between 2.03 and 3.4 parts per million of lead. 

No illnesses have been linked to the products. 

The FDA said it has recommended voluntary recalls of the cinnamon brands, but one manufacturer, MTCI, the distributor of MK cinnamon, has not responded to the agency's correspondence.

Consumers should discard the impacted cinnamon products, which include: 

Beginning in October 2023, the FDA recalled several brands of 

, including WanaBana, Weis and Schnucks for possibly having lead. The agency 

to see if the products were contaminated on purpose. 

In children, long-term exposure to high levels of lead can lead to slower development, brain and nervous system damage, behavioral and learning problems and hearing and speech problems. Adults can experience similar impacts, but at much higher amounts of lead, according to the CDC. 

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The brands of cinnamon are typically sold at discount retailers, such as Save a Lot, Family Dollar and Dollar Tree. The alert follows the recalls of 3 brands of cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches.

The FDA issues an alert for 6 brands of cinnamon due to possibly containing lead

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