Bottled Water Recalls, Field Corrections, Violations [As of July 24, 2006]
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Information Supplement to “Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water” (published by Island Press, April 2010) Bottled Water Recalls, Field Corrections, Violations [As of July 24, 2006] History of Contamination Recalls and “Field Corrections.” Recall Date Product Manufacturer Class of Reason1 Volume Locations Notice Recall Recalled Date 2/28/90 February 1990 Sparkling Perrier Group, II Contaminated with 0.5 million Nationwide and water Paris, France benzene cases remain on U.S. territories market as of recall date 4/25/90 January 1990 Spring Pocono II Kerosene/petroleum- 1,960 cases (6 New Jersey, New water Artesian like odor gallons per York Waters case) Company 4/25/90 February 1990 Spring Triton Water III Contaminated with Unknown North Carolina, water Company, mold Pennsylvania, Burlington, Virginia, West North Carolina Virginia 7/18/90 April 1990 Spring West Lynn II Fish smell or 125 cases (12 Vermont water Creamery, taste/burning bottles per 1 As described by the U.S. FDA Recall Notice. Lynn, sensation due to case) Massachusetts sodium hydroxide contamination 12/19/90 October 1990 Bottled Southern III Contaminated with 20,000 gallon Georgia, South drinking Beverage mold bottles and 817 Carolina, North water Packers, cases of 16 Carolina Augusta, ounce Georgia containers were distributed 2/27/91 December 1990 Drinking Hinckley & II contaminated with unknown Illinois, water, Schmitt, Inc., styrene Wisconsin Distilled Chicago, water, Illinois Nursery water 3/20/91 December 1990 Distilled Newton II with a chemical odor 2,540 cases (6 Wisconsin, drinking Valley, Ltd., and taste gallons/case) Illinois. water; Manitowoc, Artesian Wisconsin water 7/10/91 April 1990 Bottled Famous II Contaminated with Approximately Hawaii, drinking Ramona Water algae and 13,621 cases California Water Company, Pseudomonas Ramona, Aeruginosa. California 7/24/91 April 1991 Bottled Arcadia Dairy III Contains yeast 1,118 cases (25 Carolina, water; Farms, Inc., containers/case) Alabama, North Spring Arden, North Carolina, water Carolina Tennessee 10/23/91 June 1991 Spring Halstead III Contains algae 12,000 cases of Alabama, water Bottling 12 1.5-liter Georgia, Company, bottles, 4,000 Louisiana, Cumberland cases of 12 1- Michigan, North Gap, liter bottles and Carolina, South Tennessee 7,000 cases of Carolina, 24 12-ounce Tennessee bottles) were distributed 11/13/91 September Spring West Virginia III Contaminated with 936 cases (12 North Carolina 1991 water Spring Water mold bottles per Company, case) Berkeley Springs, West Virginia 11/13/91 Product Spring Idlenot Farm II Off odor and off Approximately New Hampshire, manufactured water Dairy, Inc., taste due to 19,500 gallons Massachusetts, between July Wilton, New tetrahydrofuran were Vermont and August Hampshire distributed 12/11/91 October 1991 Spring Poland Spring III Contaminated with 69,072 1-gallon Maine, New for product water Bottling sand bottles and Hampshire, manufactured Company, 22,645 2.5- Massachusetts, August Poland Spring, gallon bottles Connecticut, Maine (Perrier were Rhode Island Group) distributed 12/26/91 November Spring Giant Food III Contaminated with 527 2.5 gallon Maryland, 1991 water Industries, mold containers Virginia, Jessup, Washington, Maryland D.C. 1/29/92 November Spring Polar Water III contaminated with All product on Georgia, 1991 water Company, mold market up to Pennsylvania, Division of approximately Virginia, Ohio, Suntory Water 28,194 1-gallon Tennessee Group, containers. Spring Grove, Virginia 1/29/92 January 1992 Bottled Talking Rain II Off taste 948 cases (12 Washington state drinking Beverages containers/case) water Company, Bellevue, Washington 3/3/92 November Mineral Apollinaris III Contaminated with 6,468 cartons Nationwide 1991 water Brunnen AG, Dimethyldisulfide (12 bottles per Federal case) were Republic of distributed Germany 11/11/92 No production Pure and Blue Springs III Contaminated with Unknown Alabama date given Natural Water, Inc., non-fecal coliforms; Water Blue Springs, off-odor Alabama 12/16/92 September Pure Happy Valley III Off-odor 10,296 bottles Mississippi, 1992 drinking Springs, Inc., of Food Club Louisiana, water Kentwood, brand and Alabama Louisiana 2,448 bottles of Happy Valley Springs brand 4/21/93 September Bottled Smokey II contaminated with Unreported Tennessee, through water: Mountain non-fecal coliform Kentucky, November Spring, Premium Georgia 1992 distilled, Water, Inc., premium Lenoir City, Tennessee. 4/28/93 March 1993 Infant’s Magnetic Mislabeled 24,000 gallons Ohio choice Springs Water distributed water Company, Columbus, Ohio No public 6/18/93 Bottled Crossroad III None given Contaminated Unavailable notice (c, water Farm Dairy, with charcoal i) Indianapolis, granules IN 7/21/93 March 1993 Spring A. Smith Contaminated with 1,296 cases (24 Maryland water Bowman mold bottles per Distillery, case) were Fredericksburg, distributed Virginia 9/1/93 July 1993 Spring A. Smith Contaminated with 2,095 cases; Virginia, water Bowman mold (12/1.5L bottles Maryland, North Distillery, per case) were Carolina, South Fredericksburg, distributed Carolina, Florida, Virginia Tennessee, Texas 9/1/93 May 1993 Spring Brick House Off-odor 7,140 1-gallon Maryland, water Farm Water containers Virginia Company, manufactured; Ellicott City, 3,660 Maryland distributed 1/12/94 September Drinking Sky King, Inc./ Mislabeled 21,391 cases (3 South Carolina, 1993 of product water Milkco, Inc. units per case) Georgia, Florida, manufactured Asheville, were North Carolina June- North Carolina distributed September 1/12/94 August 1993 Drinking Sky King, Inc./ Contaminated with 5,604 gallons South Carolina, water Milkco, Inc. unidentified particles were Georgia, Florida, Asheville, distributed North Carolina North Carolina 6/1/94 February 1994 Bottled Winterbrook Contaminated with 9,268 1.5-liter Nationwide spring Beverage mold cases and 5,419 water Group, 0.5-liter cases Bellevue, distributed Washington 6/1/94 February 1994 Bottled North III Contaminated with 9,268 1.5-liter Nationwide spring American mold cases and 5,419 water Water Group, 0.5-liter cases Liberty, Illinois were distributed 9/7/94 April 1994 Mineral Arcadia Dairy III Contaminated with 1,024 jugs Oklahoma free water Farm Inc., coliform distributed Arden, North Carolina 9/28/94 May 1994 Natural Cold Spring III Smelled like rotten 1,700 cases (8 Kansas, spring Brewing eggs; determined to bottles per Louisiana, water Company, be unfit for human case) Minnesota, Cold Spring, consumption Mississippi, New Minnesota Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Wisconsin 10/5/94 July 1994 Bottled Southern Product contained 5 million Southeastern water Beverage brown precipitates containers United States Packers, Inc., Harlem, Georgia 10/19/94 August 1994 Purified Fleming II Contaminated with 7,150 gallons Alabama, drinking Companies, fecal coliforms distributed Arkansas, water Inc., Nashville, Georgia, Tennessee Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee No public Recall initiated Sparkling Canadian Pure 3 Mold Not reported Not reported notice (i) 11/7/94 water Beverage Dist., W. Palm Beach FL No public Recall initiated Oral water Mead Johnson, III Elevated chlorine None given None given notice (i) 11/29/94 nursette Evansville, IN 12/14/94 May 1994 Sparkling Southwest III Contaminated with None given Alabama, water; Canners, Inc., crickets Florida, Georgia flavored Nacogdoches, Texas 12/28/94 July 1994 Bottled Poland Spring Off odor and taste 12,790 cases of Connecticut, spring Bottling 1.5 liter bottles Maine, water Company, and 13,489 Massachusetts, Poland Spring, cases of 2.5 New Hampshire, Maine gallon bottles; Vermont, New 8,899 cases of Jersey, New 1.5 liter York, Pennsylvania 3/8/95 November Spring Aqua Penn contaminated with 42,000 gallons Pennsylvania 1994 water Spring Water mold were Company, distributed State College, Pennsylvania 3/15/95 May 1994 Bottled Sky King, Inc., contaminated with 2,513 gallons North Carolina, drinking Asheville, mold (Land O Sky); South Carolina, water North Carolina 2,555 gallons Georgia, (Morning Tennessee, Fresh) Virginia, West were Virginia distributed 2/22/95; April 1994 Bottled Andres Wines, contaminated with 7,838 cases (24 Tennessee, North 3/22/95 Spring Winona, mold bottles per Carolina Water Ontario, case) Canada 4/26/95 September Drinking All Star contaminated with 1 1/2 - 2 Montana, Texas, 1994 water Bottling mold million bottles Oklahoma, Company, were Missouri, Kansas City, distributed; Nebraska, Kansas firm estimates Wyoming, none remains Colorado, North on the market Dakota, Minnesota, Louisiana No public 1/9/95 Bottled Sky King, Inc., III Mold None given None given notice (i) water Asheville, NC No public 1/20/95 Spring Aqua Penn III Mold None given None given notice (i) water Spring Water Col, State College, PA No public 3/16/95 Drinking All Star III Mold None given None given notice (i) water Bottling Co., Kansas, MO 8/2/95 June 1995 Flavored Talking Rain III Contaminated with Approximately New York, (August recall water Beverage yeast 5,000 cases (24 Massachusetts, notice) Company, Inc., bottles per Missouri, Preston, case) Maryland, Washington Illinois No public 7/21/95 Distilled Walgreen Co., III Not distilled None given None given notice (i) water Deerfield, IL 8/16/95 July 1995 Distilled, Mineral III False labeling; solid 37,260 gallons Louisiana, (August recall sodium Springs Water, contents distributed Tennessee, notice) free water Mineral Kansas, Texas Springs, Arizona No public 8/25/95 Sterile Hudson RCI, II Not sterile None given None