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Jennie-o Lean Italian Seasoned Ground Turkey, Italian Seasoned

Jennie-O Turkey Store, Inc. · Poultry, Chicken & Turkey · barcode 00042222302036

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of poultry, chicken & turkey show what's typical. See levels
  • Others4 other poultry, chicken & turkey products have lab results. Compare them

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-08-31). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source. Applies to all of them.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to all of them.
  • Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
  • Louisiana: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
  • Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)

  • West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for poultry, chicken & turkey

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Chicken breast, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.27, highest 7.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Chicken thigh, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Turkey breast, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Turkey, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Chicken breast, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 6 of 27 samples, average 0.37, highest 2.5 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Chicken thigh, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 4 of 27 samples, average 0.21, highest 1.9 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Turkey breast, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Turkey, ground, pan-cooked: found in 15 of 27 samples, average 0.85, highest 2.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Chicken breast, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Chicken thigh, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Turkey breast, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Turkey, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Chicken breast, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 7 of 27 samples, average 1.11, highest 6.1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Chicken thigh, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 3 of 27 samples, average 0.51, highest 5.8 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Turkey breast, oven-roasted: found in 12 of 27 samples, average 2.18, highest 9.6 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Turkey, ground, pan-cooked: found in 14 of 27 samples, average 5.54, highest 48 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Chicken breast, oven-roasted (skin removed): found in 6 of 20 samples, average 0.85, highest 12 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Chicken thigh, oven-roasted (skin removed): found in 3 of 20 samples, average 0.85, highest 13 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Turkey breast, oven-roasted: found in 7 of 20 samples, average 4.85, highest 37.1 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.

Not tested

No published results for this product cover: Metals, Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.

Ingredients (from the label)

TURKEY, SEASONING (SALT, SPICE EXTRACTIVES INCLUDING PAPRIKA, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-08-31. Labels change; check the package.

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