FDA issues warning letter to Dollar Tree over lead-contaminated product

According to a warning letter the Food and Drug Administration posted on its website, Dollar Tree has continued to sell WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree pouches tainted with “extremely high” levels of lead, long after the product recall. The letter reads, “laboratory analysis of multiple lots of WanaBana Apple Cinnamon Fruit Puree pouches, including finished product samples collected from Dollar Tree stores, detected extremely high concentrations of lead… On October 29, 2023, Wanabana USA initiated a voluntary recall of all WanaBana Apple Cinnamon Fruit Puree pouches… Subsequent recall audit checks of your Dollar Tree and Family Dollar/Dollar Tree combination stores revealed that you continued to offer the recalled WanaBana Apple Cinnamon Fruit Puree pouches on store shelves well after the recall was initiated, despite FDA’s numerous attempts to bring this serious issue to your attention.”