More than 40,000 bottles of a Walgreens nasal spray were recalled nationwide due to bacterial contamination, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). On Nov. 21, the FDA gave the recall the second-highest risk level, Class II, meaning the possibility of serious health consequences is “remote,” but there is a chance of temporary or reversible effects.\n<\/p>\n
The recall was initiated on Nov. 11 and affects 41,328 bottles of nasal spray produced by Medical Products Laboratories, Inc. You can identify the product with the following:\n<\/p>\n
Product name: Walgreens Saline Nasal Spray with XylitolSize: 1.5 oz (45 mL) bottleLot codes: 71409, expires 02\/28\/2027; and 71861, expires 08\/31\/2027<\/p>\n
The manufacturer voluntarily recalled the nasal spray due to “microbial contamination,” the FDA said. Testing revealed Pseudomonas lactis, a bacterium commonly associated with raw milk products.<\/p>\n
The FDA did not provide specific instructions for this recall. Still, as a Class II recall, the safest option is to stop using the nasal spray, and toss or return it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 40,000 bottles of a Walgreens nasal spray were recalled nationwide due to bacterial contamination, according to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[97,243],"class_list":{"0":"post-311527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-medication"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}