{"id":301115,"date":"2017-03-28T20:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T19:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/human-waste-found-in-coca-cola-cans-at-company-plant-sparks-police-probe\/"},"modified":"2017-03-28T20:00:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T19:00:12","slug":"human-waste-found-in-coca-cola-cans-at-company-plant-sparks-police-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/human-waste-found-in-coca-cola-cans-at-company-plant-sparks-police-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Human waste\u2019 found in Coca-Cola cans at company plant sparks police probe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<p><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Published time: 28 Mar, 2017 17:55<\/time><\/p>\n<p>        A police investigation has been launched after workers at a Coca-Cola factory found what appeared to be human waste in a consignment of cans at its plant in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text  js-mediator-article\">\n<div class=\"arcticle__read-more read-more\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/362207-%D1%81oca-%D1%81ola-pepsi-sponsor\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover\" src=\"https:\/\/img.rt.com\/files\/2016.10\/thumbnail\/57fb4b34c36188b15c8b45f5.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9\u00a0Reuters\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>The company was forced to suspend night time processing at the <a href=\"http:\/\/ie.coca-colahellenic.com\/en\/local-impact\/plants-and-processes\/knockmore-hill-plant\/\">facility<\/a>\u00a0in Lisburn, Antrim last week when the cans clogged machines. It believed the cans originated in Germany, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk\/news\/northern-ireland\/human-waste-in-cans-forces-shutdown-at-cocacola-plant-in-northern-ireland-35570541.html\">Belfast Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n<p>Police are investigating how faeces ended up in the cans, which arrive at the plant without tops on. The cans are filled with the beverage on site before being sealed and sold across Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Coca-Cola confirmed there was an incident involving empty cans at the plant, but said it was an <em>\u201cisolated incident\u201d<\/em> and did not affect products on sale.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/357833-france-coca-cola-cocaine\/\"><strong>READ MORE: French Coca-Cola workers discover $56mn worth of cocaine in shipment<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cCoca-Cola takes the safety and quality of our products extremely seriously&#8230;We are treating this matter extremely seriously and are conducting a thorough investigation in co-operation with the PSNI (Northern Ireland police),\u201d<\/em> it said in a statement to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/coca-cola-waste-3310658-Mar2017\/\">The Journal.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Food Standard Agency said it was aware of the contamination but noted that there was no evidence to suggest the product had reached the market.<\/p>\n<p>The local environmental health unit is also investigating the matter.<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/362207-%D1%81oca-%D1%81ola-pepsi-sponsor\/\"\/><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/382605-human-waste-coca-cola\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. 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