Niagara Bottling, LLC, based in Pennsylvania, issued a
voluntary recall of several of its bottled water brands due to possible E. coli contamination. The contamination is linked to one of the springs Niagara bottles water from that has a positive indication of E. coli. A warning has been issued stating that
spring water bottled from June 10 through June 18, 2015, at Niagara’s Hamburg, PA and Allentown, PA facilities should not be consumed.
The products were sold under the following 14 brands:
Acadia
Acme
Big Y
Best Yet
7-11
Niagara
Nature’s Place
Pricerite
Superchill
Morning Fresh
Shaws
Shoprite
Western Beef Blue
Wegmans
To determine if your product is affected, reference the code on the bottle. The code will indicate the place, date, and time that the product was produced. The only affected products have codes that begin with the letter F (for Hamburg) or A (for Allentown).
The first digit after the letter indicates the number of the production line. The next two numbers indicate the day, then the month in letters, the year, and then the time (based on a 24-hour clock).
Example: A610JUN15 2000 (Allentown line 6, manufactured on June 10, 2015, at 8:00 p.m.)
Products made between June 10 at 3:00 a.m. (EDT) and June 18 at 8:00 p.m. (EDT) should not be used.
If you have any additional concerns, please contact Niagara’s Consumer Affairs Department at (888) 943-4894 or contact them
online.
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