If you like hot sauce please keep an eye on the following. Researchers at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) conducted a study of imported Mexican hot sauces and found dangerously high levels of lead that surpass the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ‘safe’ lead levels for candy. Twenty-five bottles of imported hot sauces from Mexico and South America were obtained by the researchers in Clark County, Nev., with the majority of the sauces coming from south of the border because of the country’s previous lead scandals. [More]
