Tainted cinnamon applesauce pouches that have sickened scores of children in the U.S. may have been purposefully contaminated with lead, according to FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones.

“We’re still in the midst of our investigation. But so far all of the signals we’re getting lead to an intentional act on the part of someone in the supply chain and we’re trying to sort of figure that out,” Jones said in an exclusive interview. The pouches found to be contaminated were sold under three brands — Weis, WanaBana and Schnucks — that are all linked to a manufacturing facility in Ecuador. The FDA says it’s conducting an inspection of that facility.

“My instinct is they didn’t think this product was going to end up in a country with a robust regulatory process,” Jones said. “They thought it was going to end up in places that did not have the ability to detect something like this.”

  • no banana
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    510 months ago

    My kid is gonna love his dill apple smoothie

    • Flying Squid
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      410 months ago

      Come on. What kid is going to have dill in a smoothie?

      Paprika. That’s what you put in a kids’ smoothie.

      • no banana
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        310 months ago

        Dill, parsley, chives and juniper grows here. What am I to do?

        • Flying Squid
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          210 months ago

          Guess your baby is going to starve.

          Although parsley does make a good garnish to the dill apple baby food.

        • @xX_fnord_Xx
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          210 months ago

          Just do as my grandmother did when she baby sat me and give me the child homemade gin until they stop fussing.

        • @[email protected]
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          fedilink
          010 months ago

          Get a cold frame for your peppers like everyone else in a cold environment, they grow field peppers in Quebec for heavens sake. Paprika is not out of your reach.

          • no banana
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            110 months ago

            Of course paprika is doable. But dill seems like a great apple spice.