Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has given Portugal the ‘all clear’, following a large-scale recall of products for excessive chlorate content.
Earlier this week Coca-Cola’s European bottler in Belgium announced the recall of cans and glass bottles of Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Fuze Tea, Minute Maid, Nalu, Royal Bliss, and Trópico, distributed in Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Luxembourg and which have been in circulation since the end of November.
Chlorate is a pesticide and a disinfectant against bacteria. Long-term intake of excessive chlorate may affect thyroid function.
In a 2015 scientific opinion, the European Food Safety Authority considered that long-term exposure to chlorate in food could pose a potential health problem for children, especially those suffering from mild to moderate iodine deficiency.
