The Rumor: A very gross looking “Clear Parasite” was found in Dasani Water, manufactured by Coca Cola, sickening hundreds of people resulting in a recall in the United States.
Coca Cola’s Statement on the Dasani Water Hoax:
NO RECALL ON DASANI WATER.
Various on-line “reports” of a water recall targeting our Dasani® brand are being circulated (“shared”) via social platforms, emails and even word-of-mouth. The article, credited as originating from a “news” source, surfaced on a website suggesting to “consume healthy food.” Below is an excerpt from the article providing information confirmed to be false and inflammatory.
“NEWS 4 – If you purchase/drink Dasani water you might want to listen up. There has been a major recall by the Coca-Cola company today after several thousand bottles of their drinking water was found to be contaminated with a parasite. It has sent several hundred people to the hospital and is responsible for parasitic symptoms such as fever, rash, vomiting and stomach bloating.”
THE FACTS:
In communications between Greg Babb, Corporate Director of Quality and Sustainability for Coca-Cola UNITED, and The Coca-Cola Company regarding the information, The Coca-Cola Company confirmed, “The source of this false and inflammatory information about our brand is a hoax news website. There is no recall of DASANI being conducted in the U.S., so please confidently continue to enjoy DASANI bottled water.”
