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INK IN BABY FOOD
In November 2005, the Nestle group withdrew liquid baby milk products from five countries in the European Union after the discovery that some of them were contaminated with chemical ink used in packaging. Isopropyl thioxanthone, used in printing the company's logo, was found. Nestle said it was a packaging issue and had nothing to do with food safety.
IRON POWDER IN SOFT DRINKS
In May 2006, the Coca-Cola group recalled 570,000 bottles of six types of soft drinks it was selling in Japan after it found iron powder in their products. Soft drink companies today face probes in a number of countries including the UK and China, after high levels of benzene were detected in its products. The UK found upto 8 parts per billion (ppb) of benzene in soft drinks. There is a legal limit of 1 ppb of benzene in British drinking water. Benzene is an aggressive carcinogen. Although benzene is not added to a product, it forms naturally by the reaction of sodium benzoate, a preservative, and ascorbic acid (vitamin C)