Niagara Bottling is voluntarily recalling 14 brands of water delivered to 11 states for possible E. Coli contamination.
After one of its sources was found with the said bacteria, the company recalled the water produced at the Pennsylvania facilities in Hamburg and Allentown from June 10 to June 18.
The company, however, clarified that only their spring water is affected.
Here is the list of the 14 brand names of the bottled water products:
1. Acadia
2. Acme
3. Big Y
4. Best Yet
5. 7-11
6. Niagara
7. Nature's Place
8. Pricerite
9. Superchill
10. Morning Fresh
11. Shaws
12. Shoprite
13. Western Beef Blue
14. Wegman's
In spite of the recall, Niagra Bottling said in a statement that there is no reported illness caused by drinking the spring water. Still, as a preventive measure, "Once we were informed of the potential presence of E. coli at the spring source, we immediately shut down our operations, disinfected our bottling lines and initiated a voluntary recall in an abundance of caution and in the interests of consumer safety."
The affected consumers are advised to first boil the water before drinking it. Boiling kills the E. Coli bacteria which can cause nausea, diarrhea, abdominal cramping, and vomiting.
There have been no official reports of how many of the bottles were recalled. Niagara spokesman Stan Bratskeir only told USA Today that less than 3% of water produced was recalled. He even noted that most of that water was not even added on to the store shelves yet.
"The overwhelming likelihood is that all the bottled water is fine," Bratskeir said. "The water we got from that source was clean. We test it all."
In order to test if your bottled water has been produced June 10 to June 18 at Pennsylvania, here are Niagara Bottling's instructions:
"The Best By codes on outer-wrap shrink-film or on the bottle for the affected cases would be in the range of: F# BEST BY 08DEC2016 to F# BEST BY 16DEC2016 OR A# BEST BY 08DEC2016 to A# BEST BY 16DEC2016. F# indicates the Hamburg plant and line number A# indicates the Allentown plant and line number See below for Best By dates specific to Wegmans brand."
