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BRUSSELS — Coca-Cola has recalled some of its soft drinks in Europe after higher-than-normal levels of a chemical called chlorate were detected in bottles and cans at a production plant in Belgium.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Plc has recalled a range of soft drinks including Coke, Fanta and Sprite in Europe over higher levels of the chemical chlorate.

Elevated amounts of the chemical were found in some soft drinks sold in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. By John Yoon Coca-Cola’s bottler in Europe said on Monday that it had recalled ...