Sat.Jan 06, 2024

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FDA and CDC now warn of Lead and Chromium in WanaBana, Schnucks and Weis Applesauce

Bill Marler

Parents are understandably angry at a company – someone in the cinnamon supply chain – would intentionally add significant about of dangerous metals that would eventually end up in the bodies of U.S. children. As I said to the USA Today – Yesterday: “I have never seen chromium being found in foods before, but we have also never seen these high of levels of lead either,” food safety lawyer Bill Marler told USA TODAY.

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Limited impact of pandemic on foodborne illness in Brazil

Food Safety News

There was no major difference in the number of foodborne infections reported before and during the Coronavirus pandemic, according to researchers in Brazil. The study looked at data on notifications of foodborne disease in Brazil in 2018 and 2019, defined as before, and in 2020 and 2021, classed as during the COVID-19 pandemic. The expectation, considering the social isolation measures adopted, which closed schools, restaurants, and other establishments considered non-essential, was that the stu