getty More than 20 toddlers have become sick after consuming now-recalled applesauce pouches that contain elevated levels of lead, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday.

Lead-laden applesauce pouches poisoned young children. In each outbreak, state and federal officials connected the dots from each sick person to a tainted product and ensured the recalled food was ...

FDA inspects maker of lead-tainted applesauce pouches in Ecuador The FDA said this week that at least 64 young children from 27 states have reported illnesses potentially linked to the products ...

The move followed massive recalls last fall of WanaBana and other brands of cinnamon applesauce pouches linked to nearly 500 reports of lead poisoning in young children in 44 states. The FDA ...

The illnesses are part of an outbreak tied to recalled pouches of fruit puree marketed to kids from the brands WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree and Schnucks and Weis cinnamon applesauce pouches.