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submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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.”

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[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

Isn't the high amount of recalls the evidence of the processes working?

This feels like saying "our border is insecure! Look at all the drugs we confiscated!"

[-] BobGnarley@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

A "robust regulatory process" wouldnt have 10 million plus jars of peanut butter with E Coli contamination make it to the store shelves and take months to figure out about, AFTER some people die. That happened like 1 to 2 years ago. Now a bunch of kids get lead poisoning from Applesauce pouches so we take them off the shelves and act like we have some amazing system. How about those cancer causing dyes that california is banning andNOW the FDA is talking about, PERHAPS banning them nationwide. Our FDA is trash.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

So do you want them to do more or less? It seems you're arguing both sides to just complain.

[-] BobGnarley@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

What about my comments seem like its supporting that I want them to do less?

[-] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

as much as having overwhelmed hospitals is an indication of a thriving healthcare system... it would be better to have less recalls and better regulation of products to market, and similarly better to have affordable preventative healthcare to keep people out of hospitals in the first place.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Ah, so you would want the FDA to have broader powers and scope to reach into companies to do more preventative maintenance. Yeah, that would probably help.

[-] hansl@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Just more inspections of the supply chain. The FDA is very reactive.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Yes exactly. Maybe not more scope, but more exercise of their current powers.

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