SunButter FDA Complaint
Lead Safe Mama, LLC (a community-collaborative small business for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety) and the greater Lead Safe Mama community sent SunButter’s Organic Sunflower Seed Butter product to a lab for testing in October of 2024.
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Lead Safe Mama, LLC tests consumer goods, foods and supplements for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic as a primary program of our organization.
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We found an unsafe level of Cadmium in the organic SunButter product, a level that is extremely concerning given the fact it is a very popular product for families (and schools) to use for young children in school lunches when a peanut-free lunch is required.
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Our lab testing of this product found the product to test positive for 953 parts per billion Cadmium (a known Carcinogen).
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While we understand there are not currently any enforceable regulatory limits for Cadmium in foods intended for consumption by children, the Baby Food Safety Act of 2021 proposed an Action Level of 5 parts per billion Cadmium for food intended for consumption by young children.
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By any measure, 953 ppb Cadmium is an unsafe amount of Cadmium to have in a food intended for consumption primarily by children.
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This finding is especially concerning in light of the recently published studies that show an increase in 17 cancers in Generation X and younger.
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Staple foods should not be allowed to test positive for this level of Cadmium.
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Aside from chocolate products and seaweed products tested to date by Lead Safe Mama, LLC – this organic SunButter product is one of the most alarming test results we have found in our work and we sincerely hope the FDA is able to get this product recalled.
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Thank you for your help in this matter.
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The lab report for the testing we did can be found on the bottom of this link:
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