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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4363214-applesauce-pouch-contamination-update-fda/
Recalled applesauce pouches that left many children sick with lead poisoning could have been tainted on purpose, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones said that while the investigation is still ongoing, signs point to an intentional act to poison the puree.
“We’re still in the midst of our investigation,” Jones said in an interview with Politico. “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.”
Weis, WanaBana and Schnucks are the three brands that sold the contaminated pouches and they all have ties to a manufacturing facility in Ecuador. The facility is under inspection by the FDA.
Jones told Politico he thinks the facility didn’t believe the contaminated applesauce would have ended up in countries with a robust regulatory process.
“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.”
Recalled applesauce pouches that left many children sick with lead poisoning could have been tainted on purpose, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones said that while the investigation is still ongoing, signs point to an intentional act to poison the puree.
“We’re still in the midst of our investigation,” Jones said in an interview with Politico. “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.”
Weis, WanaBana and Schnucks are the three brands that sold the contaminated pouches and they all have ties to a manufacturing facility in Ecuador. The facility is under inspection by the FDA.
Jones told Politico he thinks the facility didn’t believe the contaminated applesauce would have ended up in countries with a robust regulatory process.
“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.”
