{"id":1651,"date":"2026-01-09T22:04:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T22:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/?p=1651"},"modified":"2026-01-09T22:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T22:04:22","slug":"distilled-water-recalled-after-floating-black-substance-found-in-one-gallon-jugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/?p=1651","title":{"rendered":"Distilled Water Recalled After \u2018Floating Black Substance\u2019 Found In One-Gallon Jugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<ul data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"0.0\">Meijer Steam Distilled Water one-gallon jugs have been recalled by the FDA for containing a \u201cfloating black foreign substance.\u201d<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.1\">The affected product was sold at Meijer stores in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.2\">While the FDA has not yet classified this recall, it is potentially dangerous because distilled water is commonly used in medical devices such as CPAP machines, neti pots, and humidifiers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Is drinking more water part of your New Year\u2019s resolution? You may want to check what brand of bottled water you\u2019re buying. The FDA has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/scripts\/ires\/?Product=217887\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/scripts\/ires\/?Product=217887\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"recalled\" data-node-id=\"2.3\" class=\"body-link css-1i7jlb0 emevuu60\">recalled<\/a> nearly 40,000 gallons of distilled water jugs due to contamination with a \u201cfloating black foreign substance in the product.\u201d <strong data-node-id=\"2.5\">The recall specifically pertains to one-gallon plastic jugs of Meijer Steam Distilled Water.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">The recalled product was sold at Meijer stores in six U.S. states, including Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The jugs, which contain distinct red plastic lids, contain the UPC code 041250841197, lot code 39-222, and a best by date of October 6, 2026. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Although this recall has not yet been classified by the FDA, it is important to stay vigilant, as many people use distilled water specifically to make baby formula, fill humidifiers and CPAP machines, and use it in neti pots due to its lack of minerals and impurities. <\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-15\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">One customer posted a photo of their jug on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/283203585474803\/posts\/2515616665566806\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/283203585474803\/posts\/2515616665566806\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Facebook\" data-node-id=\"6.1\" class=\"body-link css-1i7jlb0 emevuu60\">Facebook<\/a>, showcasing the black material swirling in the water. In the post, a woman claims she opened a brand new water jug and found \u201call kinds of weird stuff floating in it.\u201d She continued, stating that she called the store and was informed that there was a recall on it, and although they issued an internal memo for staff, \u201cthey never actually told customers about it from what I understood,\u201d she alleged. Another person commented on the post, sharing that they recently threw away two gallon jugs due to the same issue. <\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-16\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-fcvumo e94w1mj1\"\/><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meijer Steam Distilled Water one-gallon jugs have been recalled by the FDA for containing a \u201cfloating black foreign substance.\u201d The affected product was sold at Meijer stores in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. While the FDA has not yet classified this recall, it is potentially dangerous because distilled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}