Many Brands Recall Bottled Water Over E.Coli Contamination
Niagara Bottling company announced on Monday that due to a contamination in one of their springs, they have to recall some of their bottled water products, which were sold under different brand names, NBC New York reported.
The culprit behind the contamination was the bacteria species named Escherichia coli, commonly known as E.Coli. Even though it is widely found in nature, when ingested the bacteria can cause symptoms similar to food-poisoning such as cramps, vomiting, diarrhea, and headaches. In the elderly, children, individuals with chronic disease and also people with lowered immune systems, the bacteria can cause serious illness, complications and in rare cases, even death. But the company said that there have not been any complaints so far, though they still needed to proceed with the recall as a precaution, according to NBC New York.
The recall included all spring water products bottled in Niagara Bottling Company's locations in Allentown and Hamburg in Pennsylvania on June 18.
The company advised its customer to boil the water before consumption to prevent illness from happening. E.coli is a heat-sensitive organism and boiling the water for about a minute would kill the bacteria, thus preventing illness.
NBC New York reports that the contaminated water was bottled under several different brand names, which use the same spring for their products. The brands that had their products recalled were namely; 7 Eleven, Acme, Shoprite, Niagara, Nature's Place, Acadia, Pricerite, Big Y, Best Yet, Morning Fresh, Western Beef Blue, Wegman's, Shaw's and Superchill.
It is reported that press releases by several grocery stores were delivered to the press, giving information about the recalls. Some of those stores were; Wegman's grocery stores in Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia, ACME market located in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, in addition to Shaw's grocery stores in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, according to NBC New York.
