More than 170,000 bottles of apple juice produced by Watsonville-based S. Martinelli & Co. have been taken off the shelves due to potential contamination with a toxic substance known as

More than 170,000 bottles of Martinelli's apple juice are being recalled due to possible contamination with a mold-related toxin, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said.

Martinelli's juice bottles were recalled in 28 states because they could contain a toxic substance created by fungi.