Ground cinnamon sold by U.S. discount retailers is contaminated with high levels of lead and should be discarded, federal health officials said Wednesday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

It's best to buy ground cinnamon in small quantities because the freshness and flavour quickly disappear. You can try to grind your own cinnamon from the bark but it's difficult to get it fine enough.

But the agency reiterated that ever since the incident, it has been looking into the source of contamination: ground cinnamon, which is not marketed toward children but used as an ingredient “in ...

The agency said Wednesday that expanded testing has identified several brands of ground cinnamon with elevated levels of lead. The FDA says that more than 460 confirmed and suspected cases of lead ...