Coca-Cola recalls drinks in Europe over ‘higher levels’ of chemical chlorate

A spokesperson for the company said they didn’t have a precise figure of how many cans and bottles were affected, but ‘it is a considerable quantity’. Photograph: Dan Peled/AAP

Coca-Cola has recalled its drinks in some countries across Europe after detecting “higher levels” of the chemical chlorate.

Cans and glass bottles containing elevated levels of the substance were distributed in Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands since November, the company said on Monday.