Thursday, May 31

Coca-Cola settles lawsuits over benzene

ATLANTA - The Coca-Cola Co. has agreed to offer replacements to people who purchased two soft drinks to settle lawsuits over ingredients that can form cancer-causing benzene, the plaintiffs said Monday.

As part of the settlement in the cases in New Jersey, Kansas and Florida, the world’s largest beverage maker agreed to offer replacement drinks to anyone who purchased Fanta Pineapple or Vault Zero before September 2006, according to a copy of the agreement.

Coca-Cola previously decided to voluntarily reformulate the two beverages in question, said Ray Crockett, a spokesman for
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