Croatian authorities investigating suspected cases of poisoning have told Coca-Cola to withdraw two products.
The current suspicion has fallen on some kind of chemical contamination.
In total, 45 people have been examined in hospitals throughout Croatia in recent days but only four had throat injuries. The first patient was hospitalized
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A major food safety meeting is set to take place at the end of March in Spain.
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) annual conference is back to in-person status and set for March 29 to 31 in Barcelona. It is expected to bring together 900 people from more than
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Coca-Cola Deutschland has recalled certain bottles of one of its ready-to-drink iced tea brands due to a product quality issue.
Fuze Tea Pfirsich in a 1 liter PET plastic bottle with expiry dates Aug. 28 and 29, 2019 is affected. The peach-flavored tea can be exchanged or refunded at the
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Members of an offshoot of the same eco-terrorist group that recently took credit for bombings say their new threats of food poisoning are not meant to hurt anyone, they’re just moving on to economic sabotage.
So far they’ve generated a lot of reaction just by showing how they would poison
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Stewart and Lynda Rae Resnick, who once bought and sold The Franklin Mint, may hit another payday after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Thursday that their Pom Wonderful juice company can sue Coca-Cola for falsely advertising a pomegranate drink. In a case that’s significant for determining what’s allowed
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Coca-Cola is removing brominated vegetable oil (BVO) from its drinks, reports the Associated Press. The company said it will remove the controversial ingredient from all of its drinks that contain it, including Powerade sports drinks and some flavors of Fanta. In 2012, Mississippi teenager Sarah Kavanagh launched a petition on
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Today the New York City Board of Health approved Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposal to limit the size of sugary soft drinks. Motivated by rising diet-related chronic diseases (along with healthcare costs), the Mayor’s attempt to rein in out-of-control portion sizes caused quite a media firestorm. Predictably, the soda lobby has
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Deja vous all over again? Last month, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed a controversial cap on sugary drink portion sizes. If the proposal is passed, sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces will no longer be able to be sold in the city’s restaurants, stadiums, food carts and movie
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Months after Coca-Cola reformulated its soda sold in California to reduce the level of chemical 4-methylimidazole (4-MI or 4-MEI) so that it would not need a carcinogen warning label, the company has not yet tweaked its formulation for other states and countries, new test results show. The Center for Science
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A small soda at McDonalds is about to become the largest option available in New York City if a proposal to limit sugary drink portion sizes is passed by the city’s health board.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration, which has made public health a central part of its agenda, announced Thursday
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