{"id":3852,"date":"2025-04-01T16:46:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T16:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/fruit-juice-recalled-across-12-states-fear-of-deadly-paralysis-outbreak\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T16:46:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T16:46:43","slug":"fruit-juice-recalled-across-12-states-fear-of-deadly-paralysis-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/id\/fruit-juice-recalled-across-12-states-fear-of-deadly-paralysis-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit Juice Recalled Across 12 States: Fear of Deadly Paralysis Outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\">\n<strong><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n    READ MORE: Health authorities caution about widespread lethal fungus in U.S. hospitals<br \/>\n   <\/strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n Pumpkin juice that was distributed across twelve states has been taken back from the market due to concerns about potential contamination with paralytic bacteria.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n Walker&#8217;s Wine Juice LLC, headquartered in New York, has initiated a recall of its pumpkin juice following a standard state inspection that revealed the product lacked sufficient acidity for proper heating and sterilization.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n The &#8216;hot fill&#8217; process is intended to eliminate microorganisms.<br \/>\n potentially deadly bacteria<br \/>\n .\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n Officials from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Food Inspectors consequently discovered that there was no &#8216;kill step&#8217; implemented to eliminate contaminants.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n They mentioned that juice with low acidity might harbor bacteria responsible for botulism.<br \/>\n <span><br \/>\n  a<br \/>\n <\/span><br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n  rare food-borne pathogen that<br \/>\n <\/span><br \/>\n attacks the body&#8217;s nerves<br \/>\n and may result in total body paralysis.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<span><br \/>\n  This can lead to<br \/>\n  full-body paralysis<br \/>\n  , affecting the muscles required for breathing, which can be lethal in very few instances.<br \/>\n <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<span><br \/>\n  The affected items were sold through Walker\u2019s Wine Juice retail outlet in New York and were also sent directly to a select group of commercial wineries located in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.<br \/>\n <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<span><br \/>\n  There have been no reports of illness so far. However, the FDA advises customers who experience symptoms such as muscle weakness, impaired speech, trouble breathing, and paralysis to consult a healthcare provider right away.<br \/>\n <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-document-id=\"cms\/api\/amp\/image\/AA1C5Hon\" data-reference=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1C5Hon.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n The items being recalled include the 2.5-gallon bag-in-box and 5-gallon hot pack marked as &#8216;pumpkin,&#8217; along with 30-, 60-, and 275-gallon bulk containers labeled &#8216;pumpkin.&#8217;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n Botulism occurs due to a toxin produced by Clostridium botulinum bacteria, typically present as spores in soil, aquatic environments, and on the surfaces of food items such as produce and seafood.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n Wine along with low-acid foods are the primary suspects when it comes to fermented products.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n These bacteria produce spores that function as protective coverings; typically, these pose little harm.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n Nonetheless, cramped environments that are both warm and moist, and deficient in oxygen\u2014like those found inside metal cans or plastic containers\u2014can lead to bacteria producing toxins that assault the central nervous system.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n Botulism attacks the body&#8217;s nervous system and may result in paralysis, potentially affecting even the muscles required for breathing.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n This renders five to ten percent of cases deadly.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n Other symptoms include<br \/>\n <span><br \/>\n  difficulty swallowing, muscle weakness, double vision, drooping eyelids, blurry vision, slurred speech, difficulty breathing, and trouble moving the eyes.<br \/>\n <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<span><br \/>\n  According to the CDC, there are approximately 200 annual cases of botulism in the United States, with only about 25 originating from contaminated food sources, rendering it an extremely uncommon occurrence.<br \/>\n <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<span><br \/>\n  Other factors encompass infections and, infrequently, administering an excessive amount of the botulinum toxin utilized in Botox treatments.<br \/>\n <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<span><br \/>\n  Customers are advised to reach out to Walker&#8217;s Wine Juice to find out how to discard the problematic items and ascertain procedures such as obtaining reimbursement.<br \/>\n <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>READ MORE: Health authorities caution about widespread lethal fungus in U.S. hospitals Pumpkin juice that was distributed across twelve states has been taken back from the market due to concerns about potential contamination with paralytic bacteria. Walker&#8217;s Wine Juice LLC, headquartered in New York, has initiated a recall of its pumpkin juice following a standard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[530,259,328,1145,717],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-safety","category-health","category-illness","category-product-recalls","category-safety"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AA1C5Hok.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}