A Chinese specialist laboratory says it has finished the test of the metal packaging of a canned Sprite soft drink which is alleged to have led to the mercury poisoning to a man in Beijing.

    The laboratory will report the results to its client, the police bureau of Xicheng District in Beijing, before this year's Spring Festival that falls on February 14th.

    The Tianjin-based China Packaging Research & Test Center （CPRTC） conducted the test on Thursday, to analyze the inner coating, hermeticity and exterior appearance of three containers, one of which Ma Sai consumed last November 7th, the other two are from the same batch of Coca Cola products, according to Beijing Times.

    Police officers, Ma's family and representatives from Coca-Cola, also attended the test.

    The test results will determine whether or not the mercury was "injected into the container," the report says. But Ma Sai's mother insisted that Coca-Cola should take responsibility whatever the result proves.

    She told reporters that the mercury has not completely left the body so far although Ma has been out of the hospital for more than a month.

    In a separate case under investigation, a 13-year-old Beijing student was hospitalized for mercury poisoning after drinking Sprite on January 17th.

    Local authorities have tested the beverage from the same batch, finding no mercury substance.

    Police Investigation showed that the boy broke a clinical thermometer before taking the drink, indicating that the boy was possibly poisoned by the spillage. The family said they also want to go to Tianjin to test the can.

    Another case related to Sprite was just settled recently in suburban Beijing as a man was compensated with a mere 5.1 yuan in damages after finding a three-centimeter bug in an unopened bottle of Sprite which he bought in June 2007.

    中國(guó)一家專(zhuān)業(yè)實(shí)驗(yàn)室稱(chēng)已完成了對(duì)罐裝雪碧金屬包裝材料的檢測(cè)，這種飲料被指控導(dǎo)致北京一名男子發(fā)生汞中毒。

    該實(shí)驗(yàn)室將于今年二月十四日到來(lái)的春節(jié)之前向其委托者--北京西城區(qū)警察局報(bào)告檢測(cè)結(jié)果。

    據(jù)京華時(shí)報(bào)報(bào)道，檢測(cè)是由位于天津的中國(guó)包裝材料研究測(cè)試中心于星期二進(jìn)行的，檢測(cè)中對(duì)三個(gè)罐的內(nèi)涂層、氣密性極外觀進(jìn)行了分析，其中一個(gè)罐是馬賽于去年十一月七日消費(fèi)的，其余兩個(gè)取自同一批可口可樂(lè)產(chǎn)品。

    警務(wù)人員，馬賽的家人及可口可樂(lè)公司代表也參與了檢測(cè)。

    報(bào)道說(shuō)，檢測(cè)結(jié)果將決定水銀是不是被注進(jìn)容器的。但馬賽的母親堅(jiān)稱(chēng)無(wú)論結(jié)果如何，可口可樂(lè)公司都應(yīng)當(dāng)擔(dān)負(fù)責(zé)任。

    她對(duì)記者說(shuō)，雖然馬賽已出院一個(gè)多月，但到目前為止，汞還沒(méi)有完全從體內(nèi)排除。

    另一起正在調(diào)查的案件中，一名13歲的北京學(xué)生于一月十七日喝雪碧之后因汞中毒住院。

    地方當(dāng)局已對(duì)同一批飲料進(jìn)行了檢測(cè)，沒(méi)有發(fā)現(xiàn)汞。

    警方調(diào)查表明這名男孩是因水銀外泄而中毒的。其家人說(shuō)，他們也要到天津去對(duì)包裝罐進(jìn)行檢測(cè)。

    另一起涉及雪碧的事件最近在北京郊區(qū)剛剛解決，一名男子在其2007年七月購(gòu)買(mǎi)的未開(kāi)啟的雪碧瓶中發(fā)現(xiàn)了一條3厘米的蟲(chóng)子，結(jié)果只得到5.1元的損失補(bǔ)償。