Agencies
Coca-Cola has recalled some of its soft drinks in certain European countries after higher-than-normal levels of a chemical called chlorate were detected in bottles and cans at a production plant in Belgium, the firm said on Tuesday.
Batches of Coca Cola, Fanta, Sprite, Minute Maid and Fuze Tea were among the products recalled in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the company said on Tuesday.
“We are also in contact with authorities in a very small number of European markets – France, Germany and Great Britain – where a very limited quantity of stock was also shipped,” the company said. No produce was recalled in those countries.
Health authorities in Denmark, Portugal and Romania were notified by the European Union’s rapid alert system to investigate whether shop shelves or vending machines had been stocked with potentially contaminated soft drinks.
