BRUSSELS (AP) — Coca-Cola has recalled some of its soft drinks in Europe after higher-than-normal levels of a chemical called chlorate were detected in bottles and cans at a production plant in ...

In 2015, the European Food Safety Authority found that levels of chlorate in drinking water and foods were too high and posed serious health risks among infants and children, especially those with ...

Chlorate can be found in foods as it derives from chlorine disinfectants widely used in water treatment and food processing. In a 2015 scientific opinion the European Food Safety Authority said ...