Diet Coke, Sprite and Fanta Recalled Due to ‘Potential Foreign Material’

Antonia DeBianchi
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The products were recalled in three states

<p>FDA</p>

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Certain Coca-Cola products have been recalled.

Per the Food and Drug Administration, nearly 2,000 cases of Diet Coke, Sprite and Fanta have been taken off shelves in three states — Florida, Alabama and Mississippi — due to “potential foreign material.” The FDA has not identified what the unknown material is.

Though they were pulled from shelves starting in early November, customers in affected states are urged to check their homes and discard the products.

<p>FDA</p> Diet Coke, Sprite and Fanta have been recalled in three states.

FDA

Diet Coke, Sprite and Fanta have been recalled in three states.

Per the FDA's website, all the recalled products were sold as 12-ounce aluminum cans packaged in a 12-pack fridge pack, which is a skinny cardboard box with a cut out to dispense the cans.

The Diet Coke cans have a best by date of 01/29/24 with lot no. JAN2924MBD3, and UPC no. 49000028911; Fanta's are best by 07/29/24 with lot no. JUL2924MBD3 and UPC 49000030730; the Sprite cans are best by 07/29/24 with lot no. JUL2924MBD3 and UPC 49000028928.

Related: 2 Dead, At Least 99 Sick in Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Contaminated Cantaloupes and Cut Fruit

PEOPLE reached out to a representative for Coca-Cola for comment, but did not immediately hear back.

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Another food safety alert that was discovered late last month is a salmonella outbreak involving cantaloupes and cut fruit, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

<p>Getty</p> Death toll Rrses to 8 in salmonella outbreak tied to contaminated cantaloupes.

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Death toll Rrses to 8 in salmonella outbreak tied to contaminated cantaloupes.

The public health agency shared a "food safety alert," noting that two deaths were reported in Minnesota and that salmonella cases were reported in 32 states in total.

The outbreak is tied to multiple fruit brands — specifically whole cantaloupes with stickers reading “Malichita” or “Rudy" and featuring the number “4050” and “Product of Mexico/produit du Mexique"; Vinyard brand pre-cut cantaloupes sold in Oklahoma between Oct. 30 and Nov. 10; and ALDI whole cantaloupe and pre-cut fruit products with best-buy dates between Oct. 27 and Oct. 31 in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan and Wisconsin.

The recall also includes some Freshness Guaranteed and RaceTrac pre-cut cantaloupes sold in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia with best-buy dates between Nov. 7 and Nov. 12.

"Investigators are working to identify any additional cantaloupe products that may be contaminated," the CDC shared at the time.

Since the initial news broke, the death toll has increased. As of last week, three people in America and five people in Canada have died, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Public Health Agency of Canada.

230 people in the U.S. have been reported as sick from 38 states and 96 of sick people have been hospitalized.

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