Spray from India is suspected of causing deaths in the USA: Walmart recalled the spray from the stores.

Walmart has issued a nationwide recall for Aromatherapy Room Spray owing to the presence of a “rare and dangerous” bacteria that caused two deaths, one of which was a kid.

People in the non-tropical states of Minnesota and Kansas, as well as Texas, were affected by a rare tropical infection. In March, the first patient to become infected died in Kansas. They all were infected with a bacteria known as Burkholderia pseudomallei.

But it remains a mystery how these people became infected. The majority of Americans who get these diseases do so as a result of travel. However, these incidents occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic, when international travel was almost non-existent. And none of the families who had been infected had travelled.

Now it is suspected that a room spray brand, which was exported from India, is behind these mysterious diseases and deaths that took place in various parts of the United States. The spray was withdrawn by Walmart based on a report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Test results found that four people had contracted melioidosis and two had died.

Aromatherapy spray exported from India has become a source of controversy and anxiety. The disease is extremely uncommon and can be passed from one person to the next. The disease affects about 12 persons each year in the United States.

The disease's source has yet to be confirmed. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that an investigation revealed that the infected individuals had not gone abroad, and melioidosis bacteria were discovered in a spray bottle found in one of the patients' residences. 

It's unclear whether the germs detected in the four patients and the spray bottle are the same. The spray in which the bacteria was found was certified to be imported from India. Because melioidosis is a tropical illness, the US agency determines that their findings are almost correct.

Better Homes and Gardens Essential Oil Infused Aromatherapy Room Spray with Gemstones is the label on the outside of the perfume bottle that detects the presence of bacteria. Since February 2021, the spray has been sold in 55 Walmart stores in the United States and on Walmart's website. Four dollars was the cost of these sprays. Following the controversy, Walmart recalled 3,900 bottles of sprays in six different flavors.