Wal-Mart has issued a recall of Better Homes and Gardens Essential Oil Aromatherapy Room Spray using Gemstone after being associated with a rare and dangerous bacterium that is rarely found in the United States.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the CDC found that it contained a bottle of spray in the room. Burkholderia pseudomallei, He was involved in a population of four cases of melioidosis, including two deaths, in Kansas, Minnesota, Texas, and Georgia.

One of the deadly cases was a child.

Melioidosis is a condition that is difficult to diagnose and can be fatal. The four sources of infection have not been confirmed by CDC authorities, but a spray bottle in a room containing the same type of bacteria was found in one dead home.

The spray was sold online for about $ 4 at about 55 Wal-Mart stores nationwide from February 2021 to October 2021, officials said. The following scents and product numbers have been recalled.

  • 84140411420 Better Homes and Gardens (BHG) Gem Room Spray Lavender & Chamomile
  • 84140411421 Better Homes and Gardens (BHG) Gem Room Spray Lemon and Mandarin
  • 84140411422 Better Homes and Gardens (BHG) Gem Room Spray Lavender
  • 84140411423 Better Homes and Gardens (BHG) Gem Room Spray Peppermint
  • 84140411424 Better Homes and Gardens (BHG) Gem Room Spray Lime & Eucalyptus
  • 84140411425 Better Homes and Gardens (BHG) Gem Room Spray Sandalwood and Vanilla

    • If you have a spray bottle, stop using it immediately and do not open it if it is unopened. Do not try to dispose of the bottle yourself.

    Double the bottle in a clean, transparent zip-top resealable bag, place it in a small cardboard box, then return the boxed product to the Wal-Mart store.

    Consumers need to wash sheets and linen that may have been sprayed with regular laundry detergent and dry them completely in a hot dryer. Use an undiluted disinfectant to wipe off any surface that may have been sprayed.

    If you have used room spray in the last 21 days and have symptoms of fever or other infections, see your doctor immediately and tell your doctor about your exposure to the product.

    Consumers can call Wal-Mart's customer service line (1-800-925-6278) from 7 am to 9 pm CST.

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