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RECALLED: Coca-Cola pulls popular drink from shelves amid fears of contamination

<p>Coca-Cola Amatil has urgently recalled the popular drink called Appletiser in its 750ml size from all supermarket shelves amid fears the juice is contaminated.</p> <p>The sparkling apple juice is feared to be contaminated with microbial mycotoxin-patulin and the recalled product has date markings of best before June 1 and June 2 2022.</p> <p>If customers have this product at home they should return the product to where they purchased it and they will receive a full refund.</p> <p>The juice has been on sale at Coles supermarkets in Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania and at Woolworths supermarkets in Victoria.</p> <p>The product was found to have an elevated level of microbial mycotoxin-patulin contamination which Food Standards Australia and New Zealand said can cause illness if consumed.</p> <p>The World Health Organisation states mycotoxins are naturally occurring toxins created by certain moulds which can be found in apples.</p> <p>Anyone who consumed the product and is worried about their health should 'seek medical advice.</p> <p>Food Standards Australia and New Zealand announced the recall on Wednesday.</p> <p><em>Image: Getty Images</em></p>

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Soft drink and beer prices set to rise

<p><span>Major beverage companies, including Coca-Cola Amatil, will oversee the NSW government’s container deposit scheme that could see the price of cans and drink bottles rise by up to 20 cents.</span></p> <p><span>The scheme will be introduced in NSW in December and will involve customers handing in eligible cans and drink bottles to designated sites to receive a 10 cent refund.</span></p> <p><span>Beverage suppliers will pay for the refunds as well as the scheme’s administration, which is expected to lead to a hike in soft drink prices.</span></p> <p><span>It is estimated the cost of a 24-can pack of soft drink or beer could rise by $4.80.</span></p> <p><span>“That starts to impact NSW households pretty heavily, not just on a per container basis, but when families are buying a 30-pack of soft drink cans or a carton of beer, all of a sudden that starts to have a pretty serious impact,” Australian Beverages Council chief executive officer, Geoff Parker,<span> told the </span><span><em>Daily Telegraph</em>.</span></span></p> <p><span>The scheme named ‘Exchange for Change’ will see scheme co-ordinator Coca-Cola Amatil work alongside Asahi, Carlton &amp; United Breweries, Coopers and Lion.</span></p> <p><span>NSW Greens MP Mehreen Faruqi described the decision to put Coca-Cola Amatil in charge of the scheme as “utterly stupid”.</span></p> <p><span>“Big beverage companies like Coca-Cola have no interest in reducing litter or increasing recycling rates and will only work to sabotage and undermine the scheme,” <span>she told Fairfax.</span></span></p> <p><span>“The whole integrity of the container deposit scheme sits with the independence of the scheme co-ordinator. The Greens and other environment groups have consistently called for an independent third party to run the scheme.”</span></p> <p><span>The scheme aims to half the number of bottles and cans that are thrown away in parks, beaches and waterways.</span></p> <p><span>The NSW government has also announced TOMRA-Cleanaway will be responsible for managing collection points across the state which will include reverse vending machines.</span></p>

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