It is an economic and health bomb revealed by the ARS Occitanie report dated August 30.
The Perrier site in Vergèze would be on hold according to a report from the Occitanie Regional Health Agency revealed by the investigation unit of Radio France and Le Monde.
It is an economic and health bomb revealed by the ARS Occitanie report dated August 30. With damning conclusions as our colleagues indicate.
Thus, the health authority indicates in the Perrier factory of Nestlé in Vergèze “the quality of exploited water resources is still not sufficient to produce natural mineral water.”
To compensate for the insufficient quality, the Perrier factory has significantly strengthened its microfiltration treatment system. But if these microfilters allow bottles of Perrier sold commercially to have a high compliance rate, they are not “not regulatory” however in the eyes of ARS agents, because their disinfectant effect is “proven”.
The report is also alarmed “a potential virological risk for consumers” and consider “a cessation of the production of natural mineral water on the Vergèze site”. He invites Nestlé to “question yourself strategically” on another possible food use of its catchments, “under conditions which would provide guarantees of health safety, which will prove essential”.
The future of Perrier now depends on the Gard prefecture. The latter must in fact rule on the request for renewal of authorization to operate the “Perrier source” to produce natural mineral water, filed in October 2023 by Nestlé.
