{"id":315119,"date":"2025-11-26T16:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/315119\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T16:50:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:50:12","slug":"bacterial-contamination-concerns-prompt-recall-of-walgreens-nasal-spray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/315119\/","title":{"rendered":"Bacterial contamination concerns prompt recall of Walgreens nasal spray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recall has been issued for more than 40,000 bottles of nasal spray sold at Walgreens stores nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The recall involves 1.5-ounce bottles of Walgreens Saline Nasal Spray with Xylitol.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Food and Drug Administration, the bottles may be contaminated with a microorganism identified as Pseudomonas lactis.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED STORY |\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/health\/cold-and-flu-season-is-here-doctors-see-early-cases-recommend-the-flu-shot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cold and flu season is here; doctors see early cases, recommend the flu shot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The FDA classified the recall as a Class II, meaning use of the product may cause \u201ctemporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The affected products include lot numbers 71409 and 71861, with expiration dates 02\/28\/2027 and 08\/31\/2027.<\/p>\n<p>Consumers are advised to stop using the product. Those with questions about the recall can contact Walgreens. <\/p>\n<p>The recall comes at a time when cold and flu season ramps up, a period when many people rely more heavily on nasal sprays to ease congestion.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED STORY | <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/health\/what-is-subclade-k-the-fast-spreading-flu-type-drawing-concern\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What is subclade K? The fast-spreading flu type drawing concern<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A recall has been issued for more than 40,000 bottles of nasal spray sold at Walgreens stores nationwide.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[97,243],"class_list":{"0":"post-315119","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\/315119","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=315119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}