Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/XPhwd2TDnJQ   The FDA, La Fiesta Food Products Inc., Spice and Chili, El Chavito, El Super Leon Ponchin Snacks Inc., and Rojas Inc now recall La Fiesta Saladitos Con Chile (Salted Plums with Chili), Spice and Chili Saladitos Dried Salted Plums With Chili, El Chavito Saladitos Dried Salted Plums and Saladitos Enchilados Salted Plums With Chili, El Leoncito, El Super Leon branded Saladitos Dry Salted Plums with and without Chili, and finally Lupag Plain Dried Salted Plums.  These products are all contaminated with lead.  Though we are all exposed to tiny amounts of lead on a daily basis, exposure to larger amounts is toxic, particularly for infants and children.  Lead poisoning may trigger signs of illness including abdominal pain, vomiting, lethargy, irritability, weakness, behavior or mood changes, delirium, seizures, and coma.  Chronic exposures may produce no acute symptoms in children but lead to neurotoxicity with learning disability and developmental delay.  The LaFiesta prod