Labs owned by German flavours firm Wild have been certified to
perform independent testing, offering its customers in the food and
drink industry an easier way to analyse new product concepts.
Serious questions remain over how America's food safety watchdog
handled the presence of benzene residues in soft drinks, a senior
ex-official has said, after tests showed some drinks still
contained the chemical 15 years after...
Soft drinks industry officials will meet this September to discuss
progress on cutting benzene residues out of their drinks, six
months after BeverageDaily.com revealed there was still a problem.
Canada's health regulator has found benzene in about 20 per cent of
the soft drinks and other beverages it analyzed in a survey this
year, with four found to have exceeded the country's standard for
the cancer-causing chemical.
Australian beverage makers are being asked to review existing
products and new formulations to minimize the presence of benzene,
a carcinogenic chemical recently identified at levels several times
the WHO guideline in some US and...
Five US soft drinks were found containing the cancer-causing
chemical benzene at levels above the legal limit for drinking
water, America's food safety watchdog has announced, sparking calls
for more thorough testing.
Lawyers have filed a lawsuit against PepsiCo in California,
alleging one of its drinks may contain the cancer-causing chemical
benzene, BeverageDaily.com has learned.
Soft drinks firms have bowed to pressure from lawyers by pledging
to pull more fizzy drinks out of US schools, but faced continued
uncertainty last night as some legal experts involved pointed to
loopholes in the deal.
More lawsuits have been filed against soft drinks firms alleging
their drinks were contaminated with the cancer-causing chemical
benzene above America's legal limit for drinking water.
A new test should more accurately show the amount of benzene in
soft drinks on shop shelves, but that does not mean there is no
problem, says the scientist behind the new procedure to
BeverageDaily.com.
South Korea's food safety authorities called on beverage makers
last week to withdraw vitamin C-enriched drinks that had been found
to contain the carcinogen benzene.
Lawyers in the US announced yesterday they were taking two soft
drinks firms to court, alleging lab tests showed drinks
contaminated with benzene above America's safety limit for tap
water.
Britain's food safety watchdog has demanded recalls on four soft
drinks brands, after it found they were contaminated with benzene
at up to 28 times the country's limit for drinking water.
Levels of benzene found in soft drinks so far are not a safety risk
for consumers, says the US food safety watchdog, attempting to calm
public concern.
Coca-Cola said it was testing its soft drinks around the world for
benzene, as the group sought to reassure consumers that soft drinks
were only a very small contributor to daily benzene intake.
More soft drinks will be tested for cancer-causing chemical benzene
in the UK after it was revealed some drinks contain up to eight
times the legal limit for drinking water.
Britain's food safety watchdog says initial tests on 230 soft
drinks show benzene levels above the UK limit for water, as the
industry tells BeverageDaily.com how it controls the issue.
America's soft drinks association said it would have to look again
at benzene in drinks, after new tests revealed to
BeverageDaily.com suggest it and food safety authorities
failed to stamp out a problem.
Food safety authorities in Britain and Germany are checking soft
drinks for benzene after tests suggest a private deal with soft
drinks firms in the US, 15 years ago, failed to fix the problem.
US food safety authorities have re-opened an investigation closed
15 years ago into soft drinks contaminated with cancer-causing
chemical benzene, following evidence the industry has failed to
sort out the problem, BeverageDaily.com...
