Which are built by Coca-Cola and Pepsi to change the recipe for drinks produced by two companies in order to avoid the legal obligation to put a poster warns of cancer on the packaging.Include a new recipe for caramel coloring in drinks less of a substance or 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI) is a chemical added by the State of California to its list of substances that cause cancer.This has been the introduction of this change in beverage recipe in California but will be circulated throughout the United States.According to Coca-Cola that there is no health risk to justify this change."There is no danger"The spokeswoman said the company's official Diana Garza - Searlant news agency Associated Press that they wanted to ensure that their products "will not be subject to demand an warning has no scientific basis."The Union of Beverage America, which represents the industry on a large scale had been a link between this chemical and cancer in mice that were used for the experiments, according to one study, but there is no evidence that this article represents a health hazard to humans.The management of the Food and Drug Administration that the person may need to drink more than 1,000 cans of Coca-Cola or Pepsi drink a day for the same absorbed dose of the chemical that was given to animals in laboratory tests.The two companies produce about 90 percent of soft drinks in the U.S. markets, according to company Daigst for drinks.The two companies say that the change in the composition of drinks all over America, not just California makes the drinks more effective in the manufacturing process.Coca-Cola Company said in a statement that the manufacturing process in Europe will not change.The company said that with the exception of California, "There is no regulatory agency and one of the world considers that the public exposure of a substance 4-MEI in the caramel is significant."
Source: BBC Arabic
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