It shouldn't have been removed. It's part of the randomized special items so it should be found at either the quest board, as a special at the supermarket, in a chest outside of the castle, or from completing the scene with the alligator.
If it's not there, then it's possible that there's a bug. One of these versions had a bug where you could get a duplicate item from the list of special items meaning you would miss out on one of the other ones