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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Business
Terry Castleman

Not so Fabuloso: 4.9 million cleaning bottles recalled because of bacteria exposure

Nearly 5 million bottles of the Fabuloso Multi-Purpose Cleaner were subject to a recall announced Wednesday by Colgate-Palmolive and the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission.

A statement on Fabuloso's recall site warned of a "risk of bacteria growth in the recalled products" because a "preservative was not added at the intended levels during manufacturing."

The types of bacteria that could grow in the cleaning products, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens, are commonly found in water and soil.

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