Mexican salsas, hot sauces found to contain concerning levels of lead
date:Jul 31, 2013
El Pato Salsa Picante, manufactured by Walker Foods, 0.23 ppm lead
Salsa Picante de Chile Habanero, manufactured by El Yucateco, 0.21 ppm lead
Bufalo Salsa Clasica, manufactured by Herdez, 0.17 ppm lead
Salsa Habanero, manufactured by Salsas Castillo, 0.14 ppm lead

Also included as an offender was El Yucateco's Caribbean Salsa Picante de Chile Habanero, which tested in just below the threshold at 0.091 ppm lead.

No amount of lead is safe; these were just the worst offenders

Several years
4/8 next page prev page home page last page
go back |  refresh |  WAP home |  Web page version  | login
05/23 00:53