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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    11 months ago

    The most prosperous region of Spain, which is actively trying to get independence, is stealing money from the rest of the country?

    It seems to me, that “cutting” off Catalonia’s supposed theft, would be as easy as letting them leave.

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      11 months ago

      Shhh it’s Spaniard logic also known by us Portuguese as: pure stupidity.

      Why do you think the inquisition did so well in Spain. They aren’t very intelligent

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      11 months ago

      They can leave it they are willing to pay for the national infrastructure build there and take their fair share of national dept. Now take this offer to Catalans and see what they will say.

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        11 months ago

        I’m assuming they paid taxes. Why should they pay more? Taking part of the debt would be fair though.

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          11 months ago

          Well, they don’t want the debt. They just want all the infrastructure and independence. What should we tell them?