# Dollar Store Cinnamon Recall **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dollar-store-cinnamon-recall/998620 "2024-03-08T20:12:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dollar-store-cinnamon-recall/998620/1 "2024-03-08T20:12:04Z")
> **[The FDA issues an alert for 6 brands of cinnamon possibly containing lead](https://www.npr.org/2024/03/07/1236505964/fda-cinnamon-advisory-recall-applesauce)** > > The brands of cinnamon are typically sold at discount retailers, such as Save a Lot, Family Dollar and Dollar Tree. The alert follows the recalls of 3 brands of cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches. > La Fiesta, Marcum, MK, Swad, Supreme Tradition and El Chilar brands of ground cinnamon are typically sold at discount stores and contain between 2.03 and 3.4 parts per million of lead, the agency said. > > No illnesses have been linked to the products. > - La Fiesta brand, lot number 25033, sold at La Superior Supermercados. > > - Marcum brand, best by dates Oct. 16, 2025 and April 6, 2025, sold at Save A Lot. > > - MK brand, no lot number provided. > > - Swad brand, lot number KX21223, sold at Patel Brothers. > > - Supreme Tradition brand, best by dates include Sep. 29, 2025; April 17, 2025; Dec. 19, 2025; April 12, 2025; Aug. 24, 2025; April 21, 2025; and Sep. 22, 2025, sold at Dollar Tree and Family Dollar. > > - El Chilar brand, lot numbers F275EX1026 and D300EX1024, sold at La Joya Morelense in Baltimore. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dollar-store-cinnamon-recall/998620/2 "2024-03-08T20:17:44Z")
How surprising. /s