Deliberate poisoning led to Coca-Cola milk death
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December 7, 2011, Wednesday
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CHINESE police said yesterday that the Coca-Cola brand milk drinks suspected of causing one death and leaving three people ill in Changchun, capital city of the northeastern Jilin Province, were deliberately poisoned.
On November 28, a 10-year-old boy died and his mother was left in a coma after drinking the strawberry-flavored milk made by the Coca-Cola subsidiary, Minute Maid, in Jilin. The mother later regained consciousness. She remains hospitalized but is in a stable condition.
In a separate incident, two other Changchun residents were hospitalized after drinking the same product. They have since left hospital.
The incidents saw the province pull all Minute Maid products from shop shelves.
Police said samples from the drinks involved contained pesticides methomyl and thiodicarb.
Coca-Cola entrusted the China National Center for Food Quality Supervision and Testing to test samples from the same batch of strawberry-flavored drinks. According to a report released by the center on Monday, no toxic substances have been found.
A working group, including seven experts from the Ministry of Public Security, is continuing the investigation.
No details have been released on how the chemicals got into the drinks.
Coca-Cola said on Monday that it has "100 percent confidence" that its products are absolutely safe.
In 2009 and 2010, two people were poisoned after drinking Coca-Cola brand Sprite. Investigations revealed this was the result of intentional poisoning.
On November 28, a 10-year-old boy died and his mother was left in a coma after drinking the strawberry-flavored milk made by the Coca-Cola subsidiary, Minute Maid, in Jilin. The mother later regained consciousness. She remains hospitalized but is in a stable condition.
In a separate incident, two other Changchun residents were hospitalized after drinking the same product. They have since left hospital.
The incidents saw the province pull all Minute Maid products from shop shelves.
Police said samples from the drinks involved contained pesticides methomyl and thiodicarb.
Coca-Cola entrusted the China National Center for Food Quality Supervision and Testing to test samples from the same batch of strawberry-flavored drinks. According to a report released by the center on Monday, no toxic substances have been found.
A working group, including seven experts from the Ministry of Public Security, is continuing the investigation.
No details have been released on how the chemicals got into the drinks.
Coca-Cola said on Monday that it has "100 percent confidence" that its products are absolutely safe.
In 2009 and 2010, two people were poisoned after drinking Coca-Cola brand Sprite. Investigations revealed this was the result of intentional poisoning.
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