Coca-Cola issues urgent recall on this product due to health risks

The Food Standards Agency or FSA is in charge of managing food safety and hygiene issues nationally. They ensure that food companies have to adhere to strict rules and guidelines when it comes to packaging, labelling and serving food. They also form the first line of contact if you want to complain about food companies or businesses flouting rules.

The FSA also recalls and orders food withdrawals when it finds discrepancy in labelling and misinformation on the food packaging. This week, FSA has ordered Coca Cola to recall Coke Zero multipacks due to incorrect packaging.

Wrongly packaged Coke Zero

The reason for the recall of Coke Zero multipacks is that they were found to be incorrectly labelled. These cans could contain Coca-Cola Original taste, which has sugar, unlike the zero-sugar version.

The information of the recalled product is as follows:

Coca-Cola Zero Sugar multipacks with Christmas cardboard

Pack size Multipack of 24 x 330 ml cans

Batch code 301WA1, 302WA1, 303WA1, 304WA1, 305WA5, 306WA5, 307WA5 and 308WA5

Best before 31 October 2023 and 30 November 2023

Risks of excess sugar intake

In the risk statement, FSA states,

Potential risk to consumers who need to manage their sugar intake.

If you have already brought the product, do no consume it if you need to manage your sugar levels. Contact Coca-Cola on 0800 22 77 11 and they will arrange a replacement product for the ones you were sold with incorrect labelling.

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FSA: ‘Coca-Cola recalls a limited number of Coca-Cola Zero Sugar multipacks with Christmas cardboard because they have been incorrectly packed’