Danish food producers were taking the cheap route (Cassia cinnamon rather than the not-dangerous Cinnamomum verum), and rather than requiring the bakers to use less spice or the more expensive one, the Danish government abused the loophole in the law for traditional recipes.
+1 to the EU, -1 to Denmark and the bakers.
The entire tyrannical bureaucracy of the EU undoubtedly feel they're doing a great service, while a lot of people feel they're sticking their noses where they don't belong, making problems where none exist to justify their existence.
No-one died, but there's an account here [2] of mouth lesions caused by excessive cinnamon bun consumption.
The Veternary and Food Administration works closely with the European Union. [3]
[1] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=PV&refer...
[2] https://doi.org/10.14219/jada.archive.2000.0311
[3] https://www.foedevarestyrelsen.dk/english/Aboutus/Internatio...