Food recall

Spices USA Inc. recall: Tasty-Sawa Cinnamon Ground

Spices USA Inc., of Hialeah, FL, recalled Tasty-Sawa Cinnamon Ground. The FDA's reason: “Due to elevated levels of lead in ground cinnamon.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on March 12, 2024, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of April 17, 2024. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Lead or other chemicals

Status

Terminated

Closed June 24, 2024

The recall

Company
Spices USA Inc. (Hialeah, FL)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Due to elevated levels of lead in ground cinnamon”
Where it was sold
Distributors in 3 states: FL, GA, and NC; Trinidad and Tobago (W.I.); Guayana
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
94281

The product recalled

As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.

  • F-1122-2024 Class II

    Tasty-Sawa Cinnamon Ground, Net Wt. 55.11 lbs, paper bag (bulk), Country of Origin Vietnam

    Codes: Lot No: VN/OFD/1D/0623

    Quantity: 394 bags/21713.34 Lbs

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Source and notes

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA), data as of April 17, 2024.

Each week the FDA lists the recalls it has classified in its Enforcement Report, often weeks after the company announced the recall, so a month with five weekly reports tends to count more. Each recall counts once, however many products it covers, in the month FDA first listed it. Class I means the food could cause serious harm or death, Class II temporary or minor harm, and Class III is unlikely to harm anyone. Meat, poultry and most egg products are recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, not the FDA, and aren't included. For what to do with a recalled product, see the FDA's recalls page.