The company said that there is no health risk.
Central Bottling Company (Coca-Cola Israel) has removed more beverages from store shelves, two days after removing Coca-Cola bottles because of a manufacturing fault. Additional test results indicated that bottles in the manufacturing series included minute quantities of benzene and sulfur compounds related to the carbon dioxide, which is put in bottles. Coca-Cola Israel said that that there is no health risk.
In a statement, the company said, "Most of the faulty products are caught before delivery to stores, and the vast majority of products delivered have already been collected from marketing chains and other stores. We again ask consumers who have 1.5-liter bottles of Coca-Cola or Coca-Cola Diet, whose expiration date is March 18 or 19, and for the sake of caution, March 22 as well (the expiry date is printed on the label), not to consume it, but to telephone Customer Service at 1-800-587-587 to obtain a different product as a replacement."
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on November 26, 2009
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