The California Division of Public Well being (CDPH) is caution shoppers to not consume 8 explicit sorts of dried plum snacks, sometimes called Saladitos, imported from China and Taiwan.
Assessments carried out through CDPH discovered over the top ranges of lead. Customers in ownership of the plums will have to discard the goods instantly.
The implicated plums contained up to 33.25 micrograms of lead in line with serving. Kids more youthful than age 6 will have to now not devour greater than 3.0 micrograms of lead in line with day, in line with the CDPH’s Meals and Drug Laboratory Department.
According to the increased ranges of lead in those merchandise, remembers are underway through a couple of companies in California and Washington. An inventory of the ones firms and hyperlinks to the remembers can also be discovered underneath. California officers are caution the general public about some merchandise that don’t seem to be but below recall, in line with corporate knowledge posted through the Meals and Drug Management.
The affected plums have been offered at retail shops during California and in all probability in different states in overdue 2021 via early 2022.
Pictures and the next labeling descriptions can be utilized to spot the plums with over the top ranges of lead:
| Product | Packaging Description | Lot Codes | Lead Outcome | Lead in line with Serving |
| El Chavito – Salted Plums with Chili | Plastic bag – web weight 1.7 oz. – caricature boy on label | N/A | 260 ppb | 10.5 µg |
| El Chavito – Dried Salted Plums | Plastic bag – web weight 1.7 oz. – caricature boy on label | N/A | 200 ppb | 9.6 µg |
| El Tremendous Leon Saladitos Dry Salted Plums with Chili and Chamoy | Plastic bag – web weight 16 oz. – caricature yellow and pink lion | 20210202 | 270 ppb | 13.01 μg |
| El Tremendous Leon Saladitos Dry Salted Plums | Plastic bag – web weight 16 oz. – caricature yellow and inexperienced lion | 20210128 | 690 ppb | 33.25 μg |
| Los angeles Fiesta Saladitos Con Chile – Salted Plums with Chile | Plastic bag – web weight 1 oz. – pink, inexperienced, and yellow packaging | N/A | 240 ppb | 9.6 μg |
| Lupag Salted Plums – Saladitos | Plastic bag – web weight 0.5 oz. – white, yellow, and pink packaging | N/A | 1060 ppb | 7.42 μg |
| El Leoncito Ponchin Dry Salted Plums with Chili | Plastic bag – web weight 1.5 oz. – pink and transparent packaging with small yellow lion | 20211101 | 280 ppb | 8.4 μg |
| Spice and Chili – Saladitos with Chili | Plastic bag – web weight 16 oz. – transparent packaging with small white label | N/A | 630 ppb | 18.9 μg |
The CDPH is calling that anybody who reveals those merchandise on the market will have to name the CDPH Criticism Hotline at 800-495-3232 or put up an digital document right here.
2022 Record of FDA recall pages for dried plums for lead contamination:
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