Regulators in northern China shut down production at a beverage plant owned by Coca-Cola Co. KO -0.40% after finding chlorine in a batch of drinks made in February.

The food-safety regulator in Shanxi province said Saturday that during an April inspection it found that a batch of drinks produced by Coca-Cola (Shanxi) Beverage Ltd. was made with water containing chlorine. The statement, from the Shanxi Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision, refers to the suspension as a penalty for the chlorine levels.

The Coca-Cola Company has reassured its product safety after completing major corrective measures undertaken at the request of a quality watchdog in a Chinese province. The beverage giant's bottling plant in Shanxi province was asked to suspend production and take corrective actions last Saturday by Shanxi provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision after investigations into news reports said some products by the plant on a certain date were mixed with chlorine, Xinhua reported.

Food safety regulators in northern China have shut down production at a beverage plant owned by Coca-Cola Co. KO +1.22% as punishment after finding chlorine in a batch of drinks made in February.

In a statement on Saturday, the quality regulator in the Chinese province of Shanxi said it found during an April inspection that a batch of drinks produced by Coca-Cola (Shanxi) Beverage Ltd. was made with water containing chlorine. The statement from the Shanxi Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision refers to the suspension as a penalty for the chlorine levels.

Diet Colas Tied To Higher Risk Of Blood Vessel Burst. Mumbai: Tempting as it may be due to rising mercury levels, people having fizzy drinks daily are at a 20% higher risk of getting heart disease than those who don’t, a new study suggests. Also, people who drink diet sodas every day have a 61% higher risk of bursting a blood vessel. What is alarming is that even children, who consume 40-70 ml of soft drinks a day, may put on 3-5 kilos every year.

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Sugar-free’ cream cookies, ‘wholegrain’ cereal bars, ‘all-natural’ fruit juice: it’s hard to ignore the screaming labels on superstore shelves, but can you take them at face value? Usually not, experts say.

Awareness education & effects low in face of sustained marketing, regret activists

In recent months, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have had frequent run-ins with regulators and activists over issues pertaining to the presence of harmful chemicals such as lead and cadmium and the adverse impact of caramel.

Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. are changing the way they make the caramel coloring used in their sodas as a result of a California law that mandates drinks containing a certain level of carcinogens bear a cancer warning label. The companies said the changes will be expanded nationally to streamline their manufacturing processes. The changes have already been made for drinks sold in California. Coca-Cola and PepsiCo account for almost 90 percent of the soda market, according to industry tracker Beverage Digest. A representative for Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc.

Implications well beyond cola market; demands for similar enforcement here of new US standard

Coca-Cola India will import caramel made through a modified process from its international suppliers to allay any fear that excessive drinking of colas could have an adverse impact on health. However, no deadline for the change has been fixed by the soft drinks major.

Coke and Pepsi are changing the way they make the caramel coloring used in their sodas as a result of a California law. Coca-Cola Co and Pepsi Co Inc are changing the way they make the caramel coloring used in their sodas as a result of a California law that mandates drinks containing a certain level of carcinogens bear a cancer warning label.

The companies said the changes will be expanded nationally to streamline their manufacturing processes. The changes have already been made for drinks sold in California.

New bottles from cola cos to be 30% biomass-based. The next time you take a swig from a Coca-Cola bottle, it may well be ‘green’ — not in colour or content, but in composition. Coke will soon launch new bottles that are 30% biomass-based, said Asim Parekh, vice-president (technical), Coca-Cola India. Instead of petroleum, Coke will use ethanol, a derivative of molasses, to make part of the PET bottle. Molasses is a byproduct generated in large amounts by sugar mills. Industry sources said archrival Pepsi has similar plans for India, but the company remained tight-lipped.