The health authorities have warned that particular batches of imported Coca Cola Original Taste and Coca Cola Zero must not be consumed because there may be small fragments of glass within the bottles.

The warning applies for products bearing lot numbers L191218, L191219, L191220, L191221, L200107, L200108 and L200109. They are in 200ml glass bottles in packs of six. All were produced in Italy. 

Other Coca Cola drinks which do not carry the lot numbers indicated and are found in different packaging are not affected, the authorities said.

In a reaction, GSD Marketing Ltd said that Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Zero glass bottles imported and distributed by it are safe to consume and are unrelated to the products mentioned in the authorities’ statement.

The products imported by GSD Marketing are only in 250ml glass bottles and are imported from a different Italian manufacturing plant.

"A limited number of bottles used for the production of a few batches involved in the recall are only Coca-Cola Original Taste 200ml in glass L191218, L191219, L191220, L191221, L200107, L200108, L200109 or Coca-Cola Zero Sugar 200ml in glass only in the L200109 batch produced in the Nogara (Verona, Italy) plant.

"Our colleagues in Italy have identified the batches and are recalling them as a precaution and in agreement with the competent Italian authorities," the local company said.