Yet another company has recalled apple juice over arsenic concerns. Walmart is pulling nearly 10,000 cases of Great Value apple juice from shelves after testing revealed the juice contained inorganic arsenic levels above industry standards.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) originally issued the recall on August 15, but increased the warning to a more urgent classification on Friday. This is now a class II recall, which is a designation given to situations where the use of or exposure to a product “may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences,” per the FDA.
The recalled juice was sold in eigh-ounce bottles in six packs in Walmart stores across 25 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. A spokesperson for Refresco, which makes the juice, did not immediately respond to our request for comment.
This isn’t the first time this year that apple juice has been recalled over arsenic concerns. In …