Emmanuel Macron claims that there was neither “agreement” nor “connivance”
Emmanuel Macron assured, Tuesday, February 4, that there was neither « entente » in “Connivence” with Nestlé while The world And Radio France said in an investigation that the Elysée and Matignon have let the group market waters not in accordance with regulations and at risk for health, despite the prohibition recommendations for health authorities.
“I am not aware of these things. There is no agreement with anyone, there is no connivance with anyone ”he told journalists during a trip to the Gustave-Roussy Institute, a cancer center. At the beginning of 2024, after first revelations, Nestlé Waters, a subsidiary of the Swiss agrifood multinational, acknowledged having used microfiltration systems to maintain the “Food security” of its mineral waters.
As revealed The world And Radio France a year ago, and as Nestlé since then, the world number one in bottled waters has used prohibited treatments for several years – microfiltration, UV filters and active coals – to cope with Bacterial or chemical contaminations on the Perrier site, in Vergèze (Gard), as on its Vosges site, where the waters of hepar, countex and Vittel are drawn. However, according to a report by the Regional Health Agency of Occitania, the situation would still be problematic on the Perrier site, where Nestlé had to give up the exploitation of certain wells and destroy 3 million bottles in April 2024.
According to the investigation of Monde And Radio France, numerous exchanges of emails and ministerial notes show that the executive has favored the interests of Nestlé to the detriment of those of consumers by letting the Swiss group continue to market water which it knew not in accordance with the regulations.