Apple Juice Sold at Walmart Recalled Due to High Arsenic Levels in 25 States

Apple Juice Sold at Walmart Recalled Due to High Arsenic Levels in 25 States
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The FDA has announced that Walmart is recalling around 10,000 cases of apple juice because of possible hazardous arsenic levels.

Great Value brand apple juice that is marketed in six-packs of eight-ounce bottles is covered by the recall. Although the recall was started on August 15, the FDA classified it as a more urgent risk on Friday (Class II).

Class II recalls, according to the FDA, are carried out when a product has the potential to have unfavorable health consequences that are transient and unlikely to lead to significant medical issues.

The UPC code for the recalled juices is 0-78742-29655-5, and its “best if used by” date is December 28, 2024.

Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia were among the states where they were supplied by Walmart.

The juices had 13.2 parts per billion of arsenic, according to the FDA. The FDA released guidelines on apple juice last year, stating that the maximum amount of parts per billion should be 10 parts.

What does arsenic mean?

The FDA states that arsenic is a naturally occurring mineral that can be harmful to people.

According to the EPA, consuming food contaminated with arsenic can have long-term severe health impacts depending on a number of circumstances, such as the amount of arsenic in the food, the age of the consumer, and the frequency of exposure.

The majority of food products contain very tiny amounts of both organic and inorganic arsenic, according to the National Institutes of Health. Testing is necessary because mildly high levels of either kind might result in symptoms such cramping in the muscles, nausea, diarrhea, and stomach pain.

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According to the FDA, inorganic arsenic is more harmful to humans than the naturally occurring form of the mineral arsenic, and exposure to it can have more serious health impacts.

Inorganic arsenic has been classified as a carcinogen, or a chemical that causes cancer, by the Environmental Protection Agency. The FDA does not anticipate the levels in the recalled apple juice bottles to have such serious health effects because they are so low.

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