{"id":345663,"date":"2026-09-13T16:30:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T16:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/345663\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T16:30:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T16:30:55","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-more-than-23-million-ricky-joy-candy-bottles-recalled-over-choking-hazard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/345663\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | More Than 23 Million Ricky Joy Candy Bottles Recalled Over Choking Hazard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">More than 2.3 million bottles of Ricky Joy Sour Crush Rolling Liquid Candy are being recalled because part of the packaging can detach and pose a choking hazard, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The recall involves 1.85-fluid-ounce bottles of sour liquid candy dispensed through a rollerball top. <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cpsc.gov\/Recalls\/2026\/Ricky-Joy-Recalls-More-Than-2-3-Million-Sour-Crush-Candy-Bottles-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-or-Death-from-Choking-Hazard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CPSC<\/a> says the rolling ball can detach, posing a risk of serious injury or death from choking.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">No incidents or injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The recalled candy was sold individually and in packs of three or 12 in blue raspberry, strawberry, green apple and watermelon flavors. The Ricky Joy logo and the words &#8220;EXTREME SOUR&#8221; and &#8220;SOUR CRUSH&#8221; are printed on the bottles.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The products were sold at H-E-B, Forman Mill and other candy stores nationwide and online at Walmart.com, CandyFunHouse.com, RickyJoy.com and other retailers from January 2023 through May 2026. Individual bottles sold for about $3, while multipacks cost between $13 and $32.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Consumers should stop using the recalled candy immediately, take it away from children and contact The Ricky Joy Company for a refund. The company will provide a prepaid shipping label to return the recalled product.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The candy was imported by International Trade Imports LLC, which does business as The Ricky Joy Company, of Cumming, Georgia, and was manufactured in Colombia.<\/p>\n<p><img data-rich-text-asset-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ricky2.png\"   alt=\"ricky2.png\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">(Photo Credit: Consumer Product Safety Commission)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 2.3 million bottles of Ricky Joy Sour Crush Rolling Liquid Candy are being recalled because part&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-345663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}