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Hot on the heels of the raw cheese recall due to listeria contamination and the Perdue chicken nuggets recall forced by the discovery of metal contamination, you now have another product to clear out of your pantry, this time due to potentially dangerous arsenic contamination.
Here’s everything you need to know about Walmart’s apple juice recall and why shoppers in the Mid-Atlantic region should be especially concerned.
Walmart recalls Great Value apple juice
The Food and Drug Administration has ordered a recall of Great Value apple juice sold by Walmart.
According to the FDA’s recall alert, approximately 9,535 products are on the recall list. These include Great Value apple juice products sold in 8-ounce 6-packs, 8-ounce plastic bottles, and 100% apple juice varieties.
The Food and Drug Administration issued the recall on August 5, upgrading it to a Class II level. On August 23, the recall was upgraded to Class II. The FDA defines this as a product that “may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the likelihood of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
Walmart sold Great Value apple juice throughout the Mid-Atlantic region
Anyone in the Mid-Atlantic region who purchased Great Value apple juice at Walmart should destroy the product immediately.
According to the Food and Drug Administration’s recall warning, Walmart sold the potentially contaminated Great Value apple juice in Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and 23 other states.
According to the FDA, “current research suggests that inorganic arsenic is more dangerous than organic arsenic.” The federal agency also states that long-term exposure to inorganic arsenic in adults is linked to skin diseases, an increased risk of skin, bladder and lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease.
What is inorganic arsenic?
The European Commission points out that organic and inorganic arsenic occurs naturally and through human activities.
“Arsenic is a metalloid that occurs in various inorganic and organic – that is, carbon-containing – forms,” says the European Commission’s arsenic warning. “These occur in the environment both naturally and as a result of anthropogenic activities. The inorganic forms of arsenic are more toxic than organic arsenic.”
The main side effects associated with long-term inorganic arsenic exposure in humans are skin lesions, cancer, developmental toxicity, neurotoxicity, cardiovascular disease, abnormal glucose metabolism, and diabetes.”
Damon C. Williams is a Philadelphia-based journalist who covers current affairs in the Mid-Atlantic region.
