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Evening Standard
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Rachael Davies

What is chlorate? Coca-Cola recalls drinks over high chemical levels in Europe

The AFP news agency says elevated chlorate levels were detected during routine quality tests at Coca-Cola’s production facility in Ghent, north-west Belgium - (Getty Images)

Coca-Cola has recalled some of its drinks in the UK and other European countries after finding “higher levels” of the chemical chlorate in some lines.

As well as the UK most recently, the countries affected since November include Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Affected batches were reportedly delivered in France but the recall order did not include the country.

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