THE Food and Drug Administration has declared local and imported C2 Cool and Clean drinks as safe for human consumption following a spate of anonymous Facebook and online posts claiming otherwise.
In a public advisory issued on August 16, the FDA also said it had inspected the two manufacturing plants of URC that produce C2 and found them complying with FDA’s Good Manufacturing Practices.
FDA conducted the tests in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao following reports that certain production batches of C2 in Vietnam were ordered recalled because of allegedly high lead content. The recall order was followed by a vicious online campaign in Vietnam against C2.
Of late, however, the online campaign has spread to local provinces with claims that one mining employee in Baguio had died after drinking C2. This was denied by the mining company.