Coca-Cola admits chlorine in products

Coca-Cola Shanxi Beverages admitted in a Saturday statement that some of its products contained chlorine in February as the result of a routine maintenance procedure.

Water in production facilities with small amounts of chlorine flowed into water used for producing drinks during a pipe-refitting project on Feb 3, due to errors in operation, the statement said.

The company apologized for the production of nine batches of products containing chlorine between Feb 4 and 8.