Coca-​Cola Hellenic withdraws Dr Pepper in Ireland

Coca-​Cola Hellenic Bottling Company has withdrawn certain batches of Dr Pepper in Northern Ireland, because of high levels of benzoic acid. The Food Standards Agency has issued a ‘Food Alert for Information’.

Coca-​Cola Hellenic Bottling Company is contacting all its customers who received the affected Dr Pepper to make sure it’s withdrawn. The affected bottles have only been distributed in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and no other batches of Dr Pepper are known to be affected.

The product being withdrawn is:

• Dr Pepper (500ml)
• Batch codes: KH42315L91807 to KH42359L91807 and KH40000L91907 to KH41120L91907
• Best before: end December 2009.

Source: Food Standards Agency

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