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FDA recalls cases of Diet Coke, Sprite, Fanta from three Southern states

Cans and bottles of Sprite, Diet Coke and Coca-Cola are offered for sale at a grocery store on April 17, 2012, in Chicago.

Nearly 2,000 cases of Coca-Cola products were recalled in three Southern states in recent weeks, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) acknowledged in an advisory this week.

The 12-pack cases — 417 of Diet Coke, 14 of Orange Fanta and 1,557 of Sprite — were distributed across Alabama, Mississippi and Florida, but the company last month began voluntarily pulling them because of the potential presence of “foreign materials” in the drinks.

The FDA didn’t specify what the foreign materials may have been.

The potentially affected items specifically include:

NBC News reported none of the affected sodas remains on the market.

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