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If you have children at home or just enjoy a glass of juice With breakfast or lunch, it is likely that the variety of apples is a basic food on your grocery list. There are some well -known brands, including Mott's and Welch's, but Martinelli is another classic - and it is always sold in these old -fashioned familiar glass bottles. However, if you regularly buy Martinelli apple juice from your Kroger or your local target, you will return to the bottles you have collected, because a lot has been recalled due to high arsenic levels.

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According to a Opinion of April 16 , Martinelli published a voluntary reminder of a single batch of bottles of a liter of apple juice which were dispatched between March 13, 2023 and September 27, 2023, most of them shipped before July 28 of last year.

The recall was initiated after the state of Maryland tested the apple juice in bottles of one liter, noting that they had levels of inorganic arsenic "above the level of orientation action" issued by Food and Drug Administration of the United States (FDA). Depending on the reminder notice of S. Martinelli & Company, the level was 1.6 parts per billion (PPB) higher than the level of action, which is set at 10 PPB to comply with water requirements.

In the Exit from June 2023 Announcing the new advice for the inorganic arsenic in apple juice, the FDA said that this decision was aimed at "reducing exposure to environmental contaminants of foods commonly consumed by babies and young children".

Although arsenic can be present in food because it is in the environment where they are cultivated, high or treated, it is also associated with negative health effects, said FDA. These include cancer, diabetes, unfavorable birth results and cardiovascular and neurodevelopmental effects.

"It is not possible to completely eliminate the arsenic of the environment or the food supply," said the press release, noting that the arsenic can also occur naturally in the environment due to the human activity and the use of pesticides. "Consequently, the FDA establishes levels of action when a contaminating level is inevitable, to inform the industry about the level of contamination above which the FDA can consider certain foods as falsification."

Since the opinion of April 16, Martinelli said that no illness or complaint has been reported in the context of the products recalled. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Martinelli store locator indicates that the one liter glass bottles were sold at Kroger, Publix, Target, Winn-Dixie and Whole Foods, reported ABC News. Products have a better date of March 9 or 10, 2026 and a universal unit product code of 4124402010.

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As the Miami Herald have reported that Martinelli would not have faced the consequences of the FDA for having sold apple juice with Inorganic arsenic levels greater than 10 PPB, because the policy is "non -binding". However, Martinelli has always published the recall.

"At S. Martinelli & Company, we stand the highest standards of excellence, and the health and safety of our customers remain our highest priority", a declaration provided to the Miami Herald Read. "In full cooperation with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, we have published a voluntary reminder. We will continue to cooperate with the FDA in any other direction, beyond what has already been sent to our retail customers."

The retailers were invited to remove the apple juice from stores and shelves and were invited to inform customers. The reminder notice has no explicit instructions for customers who may have recalled products at home, but anyone with questions is invited to contact Martinelli directly at 1-800-662-1868.

Better life contacted Martinelli to comment, and we will update history when we hear.