PHILADELPHIA — Local bottled water drinkers have noticed a batch of Twin Mountain Natural Spring Water bottles containing traces of mold, WPVI-TV reported.
Health experts said in the report that molds are potentially problematic because of their ability to make microtoxins, which may cause a great deal of gastrointestinal distress.
The water in question is in eight-ounce containers bottled on July 15, 2004. The mold problem appears to be isolated to one batch shipped to Philadelphia. However, Twin Mountain's parent company, American Beverage Corporation out of western Pennsylvania, told the news station that there could be up to 7,488 bottles shelved.
American Beverage Corporation said in the report, "Based on an evaluation of the sample that you sent to us, we found that the foreign matter floating in the bottle was mold. In this case, we don't believe there is a health risk. How the mold got into the product is still under investigation."
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