In January 2024, Nestlé Waters was at the heart of a scandal over the use of banned filters to treat its water, notably on the Perrier site, in Vergèze in Gard. A flash information mission was then launched by the Senate. The first conclusions are in.
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“We cannot be sure that there is no more deception underway on the Perrier site in Gard,” declared Antoinette Gulh to Le Monde and franceinfo. This environmentalist senator chaired the “flash” information mission launched in April 2024, three months after the revelations on the use by the Nestlé Waters group of banned filters to treat contaminated water.
If the Gard site is still suspected of deception today, it is because in December 2023, Perrier obtains in Vergèze the right to continue to use treatments (UV filters, carbon filters), for its new brand of drinks, Maison Perrier. A problem for the senator, who explains to our colleagues: “There are now two types of water produced in the same factory, Maison Perrier water which has undergone treatments, and Perrier mineral water which is supposed to be pure. And there can be confusion between these two types of water.
On the same site, inspectors from the Directorate General for Competition, Consumption and Fraud Repression (DGCCRF) and the Regional Health Agency carried out an unannounced inspection in May 2024. Le Monde and franceinfo have obtained the report of findings, dated June 13. Inspectors highlight the difficulties encountered in controlling the traceability of water. Treated water intended for the Maison Perrier brand “can technically power any line”, they explain in their report. In conclusion, they denounce a “critical point in terms of loyalty”.
For its part, Nestlé management recalls that this report “has not yet been the subject of a contradictory review, and must be supplemented by the clarifications provided by Nestlé Waters on the various points raised.
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