US/Silver Spring: El Chilar Rodriguez LLC, an Apopka, Florida establishment, recalls an estimated 1,524 packages of El Chilar Canela Molida Ground Cinnamon products from the American marketplace due to suspected Lead contamination and consequential risks of developmental delay, learning difficulties, weight loss, abdominal pain, vomiting, seizures, hearing loss and other GI tract complications in children and hypertension (high blood pressure), joint and muscle pain, difficulties with memory or concentration, headache, abdominal pain, mood disorders, genetic and/or mutagenic complications in adult males and miscarriage, stillbirth or premature birth in pregnant females, all serious health and safety hazards requiring immediate medical intervention to minimize pain and suffering as well as prevent life-altering injury or death.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) reports the following Cinnamon Powder products are subject to this recall:
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