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Yet another crisis might be striking Belgium and its consumers.
Coca-Cola Belgium, the Belgian branch of the U-S soft drinks giant, is to recall 2.5 (m) million bottles after a group of schoolchildren became ill.
Earlier this week, about 30 pupils of a school in Bornem, in northern Belgium, were taken ill after drinking Coca-Cola.
The decision to recall the drinks came from Coca-Cola’s headquarters in Brussels.
The scare began after a group of school children were taken ill in the north of the country.
The company decided that this was in fact, the real thing, and issued the recall of 2.5 (m) million bottles.
Several of the children were taken to hospital with symptoms which included headache, rapid heartbeat and nausea.
Tests showed no toxic substances in the drinks they had consumed.
Coca-Cola Belgium said drinking the contents would not cause serious health problems but could cause head or stomach pains.
Further tests would determine if the bottles might have contained too strong a concentration of plant extracts, the company said.
Always popular among children, bottles of the soft drink were taken off the shelves of supermarkets across Belgium.
Samples were then sent to Coca-Cola laboratories in Brussels and Atlanta, as well as to an independent team in the Netherlands.
Atlanta-based Coca-Cola has been active in Belgium for the past 70 years and has large bottling operations in Antwerp and Ghent.
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Post time: Jun-24-2017