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Coca-Cola denies rumor about tainted products
By Xu Chi |
April 17, 2012, Tuesday
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A Coca-Cola company in northern Shanxi Province issued a statement today denying a widespread online rumor that nine batches of coke, totaling about 120,000 cases, were tainted with disinfectant and were sold to the market.
An anonymous whistleblower who claimed to be an employee of a Coca-Cola plant in Shanxi told China National Radio that a large amount of chlorine was found in the water for making coke on February 8.
He said the plant used chlorine to clean newly replaced pipelines on February 3 and the chemical was detected in the water on the production line in following days, CNR reported today.
The company temporarily withdrew the nine batches of coke worth about 5 million yuan from distribution, but the coke later entered the markets in Shanxi's remote areas.
In response, Coca-Cola Shanxi Company made a statement today, saying all its products have passed strict quality checks required by the law and are safe to drink.
"We have noticed the so-called internal information, but our investigation shows the information is not true," said the statement. "We encourage employees to tell their concerns to the company in a proper way."
A company official surnamed Liu told Shanghai Daily that the nine batches of coke were temporarily withdrawn from distribution because the workers doubted whether residual chlorine was in the drinks.
Both the company and the Shanxi Province Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau tested these products and considered them safe for sale, Liu said.
An anonymous whistleblower who claimed to be an employee of a Coca-Cola plant in Shanxi told China National Radio that a large amount of chlorine was found in the water for making coke on February 8.
He said the plant used chlorine to clean newly replaced pipelines on February 3 and the chemical was detected in the water on the production line in following days, CNR reported today.
The company temporarily withdrew the nine batches of coke worth about 5 million yuan from distribution, but the coke later entered the markets in Shanxi's remote areas.
In response, Coca-Cola Shanxi Company made a statement today, saying all its products have passed strict quality checks required by the law and are safe to drink.
"We have noticed the so-called internal information, but our investigation shows the information is not true," said the statement. "We encourage employees to tell their concerns to the company in a proper way."
A company official surnamed Liu told Shanghai Daily that the nine batches of coke were temporarily withdrawn from distribution because the workers doubted whether residual chlorine was in the drinks.
Both the company and the Shanxi Province Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau tested these products and considered them safe for sale, Liu said.
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