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Congress asks FDA why Lead and Chromium in Applesauce is sickening children in the US

Bill Marler

Eshoo (D-CA), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and Ranking Member Kathy Castor (D-FL) wrote to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf to request a briefing regarding the possible intentional contamination of applesauce pouches.

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FDA in reorganization mode

Bill Marler

The FDA’s proposed reorganization package includes new updates that not only shift how the agency’s food and field work is conducted, but also impacts a number of additional FDA offices outside of these programs. We are hopeful that implementation can begin in calendar year 2024.

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FDA Publishes List of Guidance Topics, Human Foods Regulations Prioritized for 2024

Food Safety Magazine

A new FDA webpage lists regulations that the Human Foods Program (HFP) plans to publish by October 2024 and longer-term regulations HFP is prioritizing. FDA also updated the list of guidance topics that it is considering and expects to publish by the end of 2024, which was last updated in July 2023.

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FDA warns pet food producer about improper ingredient storage conditions

Food Safety News

Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Santa Monica, CA A California food firm with a facility in Maryland is on notice from the FDA for unsanitary storing of ingredients that could contaminate food products. In the warning letter, the FDA described a May 23 through June 29, 2023, inspection of Reconserve Inc.’s

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FDA confirms contamination of children’s applesauce; theorizes it was intentional

Food Safety News

The FDA has confirmed that lead chromate is the source of lead and chromium in cinnamon applesauce marketed for children and imported from Ecuador. Leaders at the FDA continue to believe the contamination was intentional. FDA’s leading hypothesis remains that this was likely an act of economically motivated adulteration.”

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FDA Update on Lead Poisoning in Children due to Applesauce

Bill Marler

CDC FDA’s onsite inspection of the Austrofoods facility in Ecuador has ended. However, the FDA investigation of the elevated lead levels in recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches continues. ppm for lead in bark spices, including cinnamon, in 2024. To date, FDA has confirmed that Negasmart does not ship product directly to the U.S.

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FDA warns consumers to throw out certain ground cinnamon in wake of lead poisoning outbreak

Food Safety News

In response to the problem with elevated levels of lead in cinnamon in children’s applesauce and recalls of products in the fall of 2023, the FDA initiated a review of ground cinnamon and has issued warnings. The FDA is advising consumers to throw away and to not buy these ground cinnamon products. Greenbriar International, Inc.

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