Anvisa Suspends Sale of Crystal Water After Lab Confirms Pseudomonas

Overview

• Anvisa published a suspension and communicated a voluntary recall of lot LZ1 VAL200127 3 P 200126 after laboratory tests confirmed Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
• The finding began with a routine Divisa‑DF sample that Lacen‑DF identified and then confirmed by a contraprova producing the Laudo de Análise Fiscal Definitivo.
• The affected lot totals 374,400 500 ml bottles produced on 20 January 2026 with expiry 20 January 2027 and was distributed mainly to the Federal District, parts of Goiás, interior São Paulo and three municipalities in Tocantins.
• Mineração Bom Jesus, part of the Coca‑Cola system, notified Anvisa, initiated recollection to distributors and told regulators that about 99.2% of the lot is no longer on shelves while investigations continue.
• Health authorities say the bacterium is an environmental opportunist that rarely harms healthy people but can cause serious infections in immunocompromised patients and the case echoes recent Pseudomonas detections in other consumer products.