Orange juice safe, makers say

BEIJING - Beverage giants PepsiCo Inc and Coca-Cola Co have said the orange juice they sold in China is safe, after discovering an unapproved fungicide in products sold in the United States.

"Our imported juice is in compliance with all the national standards, and our products are 100 percent safe," Fan Zhimin, associate public relations director of PepsiCo Greater China, told China Daily on Monday.

Wang Lei, a public relations executive for Coca-Cola in Beijing, also said that company's orange juice in China is safe and the materials used to produce the juice meet the national standards.