FDA Issues Public Health Alert About Lead Contamination in Cinnamon

The FDA recommends that consumers throw away and not buy this ground cinnamon product.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in White Oak, Md., on June 5, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

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.