Aromatherapy spray manufactured in India linked to two deaths in US, faces recall

New York, Oct 23: An aromatherapy spray, manufactured in India and being sold in the US, has been found to contain a bacteria that sickened four people earlier this year, of which two persons died, America's public health agency has said.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said laboratory testing has identified the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei in the aromatherapy spray 'Better Homes & Gardens Lavender & Chamomile Essential Oil Infused Aromatherapy Room Spray with Gemstones.'

his is the same type of bacteria that sickened four people in the United States earlier this year.

CDC said the spray was found on October 6 in the home of a Georgia resident who became ill with melioidosis in late July.