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Coca-Cola rules out fault in Changchun poisoning case
By Xu Chi |
November 30, 2011, Wednesday
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Changchun City government has banned the sales of a dairy drink produced by Coca-Cola after a 10-year-old boy died and his mother was still in coma as a result of drinking it.
Police in Changchun, capital of northeastern Jilin Province have found a lethal amount of a pesticide in the bottle of strawberry-flavored Minute Maid Pulpy Super Milky.
A city official surnamed Li said the local industrial and commercial administration has removed the same product from the shelves of stores and supermarkets this morning. Other Coca-Cola beverage products may also be withdrawn, he said.
Police are still investigating the cause of the poisoning case and didn't say if the pesticide was added deliberately in the bottle or it entered the drink during production, Li said.
Meanwhile, the city's food safety authorities are warning local residents through TV broadcast and are asking people to bring the beverage they already bought to the city's industrial and commercial administration bureau immediately.
Coca-Cola Changchun Co Ltd sent a statement to Shanghai Daily, saying it "has tested samples of the same batch of Minute Maid Pulpy Super Milky but hasn't found anything unusual."
"All the products are safe and up to the standard," the statement said.
Wang Lei, a public relations officer for Coca-Cola Beijing, told Shanghai Daily that all Coca-Cola bottling factories across the country have checked their production lines and the results are satisfactory.
He said it was "unprofessional" to doubt that the toxic substances got into the bottles during the production process. His company has no intention to pull all its products off the shelves in the Chinese market as it has confidence in its product quality and safety.
In Shanghai, the Minute Maid Pulpy Super Milky is still being sold in supermarkets which said they have not received any instruction from supervising authorities to remove them.
"Our supplier told us that the product sold here is not from the same batch as sold in Changchun," said an official surnamed Sun with the Shanghai Lotus Supermarket. "The supplier said different batches are produced by different manufacturers."
The local industrial and commercial authorities told Shanghai Daily that they have been informed of the poisoning incident in Changchun but haven't decided whether to withdraw the same product from local supermarkets.
Police in Changchun, capital of northeastern Jilin Province have found a lethal amount of a pesticide in the bottle of strawberry-flavored Minute Maid Pulpy Super Milky.
A city official surnamed Li said the local industrial and commercial administration has removed the same product from the shelves of stores and supermarkets this morning. Other Coca-Cola beverage products may also be withdrawn, he said.
Police are still investigating the cause of the poisoning case and didn't say if the pesticide was added deliberately in the bottle or it entered the drink during production, Li said.
Meanwhile, the city's food safety authorities are warning local residents through TV broadcast and are asking people to bring the beverage they already bought to the city's industrial and commercial administration bureau immediately.
Coca-Cola Changchun Co Ltd sent a statement to Shanghai Daily, saying it "has tested samples of the same batch of Minute Maid Pulpy Super Milky but hasn't found anything unusual."
"All the products are safe and up to the standard," the statement said.
Wang Lei, a public relations officer for Coca-Cola Beijing, told Shanghai Daily that all Coca-Cola bottling factories across the country have checked their production lines and the results are satisfactory.
He said it was "unprofessional" to doubt that the toxic substances got into the bottles during the production process. His company has no intention to pull all its products off the shelves in the Chinese market as it has confidence in its product quality and safety.
In Shanghai, the Minute Maid Pulpy Super Milky is still being sold in supermarkets which said they have not received any instruction from supervising authorities to remove them.
"Our supplier told us that the product sold here is not from the same batch as sold in Changchun," said an official surnamed Sun with the Shanghai Lotus Supermarket. "The supplier said different batches are produced by different manufacturers."
The local industrial and commercial authorities told Shanghai Daily that they have been informed of the poisoning incident in Changchun but haven't decided whether to withdraw the same product from local supermarkets.
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