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In the weeks and months before the recall, the tainted applesauce sailed through a series of checkpoints in a food-safety system meant to protect American consumers.
WASHINGTON — Cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches sold in grocery and dollar stores last year poisoned hundreds of American children with extremely high doses of lead, leaving anxious parents to watch for signs of brain damage, developmental delays and seizures. The Food and Drug Administration, citing Ecuadorian investigators, said a spice grinder was likely responsible for the contamination and said the quick recall of 3 million applesauce pouches protected the food supply. But hundreds of pag
WNC parents who claim their children were exposed to toxic lead poisoning have hired a firm to file a lawsuit against WanaBana.
A South Carolina law firm is suing on behalf of parents whose children allegedly got lead poisoning from eating applesauce.
Part of the company making and distributing the applesauce officially is based in Miami Shores. Dollar Tree is also one of the lawsuit defendants