Thiruvananthapuram: The interim test report on the samples of Coca-Cola from the company's Plachimada plant in Kerala has revealed that the soft drink did not contain cadmium and the lead content was very low than the permissible level, Health Minister P Sankaran informed the state Assembly on August 13.

Replying to a submission by P S Supal (Communist Party of India), he said the interim report was based on the results of tests conducted at the Analytical Laboratories in Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam.

According to the report, there was no presence of cadmium and the lead content was .006 per cent, which was very low than the permissible level, he said.

The samples had also been sent for examination to Central Food Technology and Research Institute, Mysore, and report of the test was expected on August 14, he said.

PTI