Coca-Cola’s European bottler in Belgium today announced the massive recall of products in Europe due to excessive chloride content.

The recall concerns glass bottles and boxes of Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Fuze Tea, Minute Maid, Nalu, Royal Bliss and Tropico in Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Luxembourg, released in Buy from November.

These products have “a production code from 328 GE to 338 GE.

“We do not have an exact number, but it is clear that this is a large quantity“, Belgian Coca-Cola Europacific Partners told the French Agency.

“The majority of affected and unsold products have already been removed from the shelves of stores and we continue to take measures to withdraw all other products from the market“, Said the company, saying it was”in contact with the competent authorities in each of the markets“, Involved.

The bottler, who apologized, appeals to the public not to consume these products. Consumers can return them to the points of sale they bought and receive a refund.

“At our Ghent Production Factory, we are testing as part of the control and compliance processes. These checks found high levels of chloride“, The company explained.

According to the European Commission website, food chlorine in foods comes from chlorine disinfectants used in water treatment and food treatment, with drinking water being by far the largest factor.

In a 2015 scientific report, the European Food Safety Authority stressed that long -term food exposure to chloride salts can probably cause health problems for children, especially those with mild or moderate form of iodine deficiency.

“However, even given the highest levels estimated, it is unlikely that overall intake in one day exceeds the recommended level for consumers of all age groups“