A recent report from the health authorities mentions “a cessation of the production of natural mineral water on the Vergèze site”. The Gard prefecture must make a decision by June.
Month after month, pressure increases on the Perrier bottling site in Vergèze (Gard). And this time, it is the overall production of one of the most famous sparkling mineral waters that is under threat. According to a report from the Occitanie regional health agency, submitted on August 30 and revealed by Radio France and The Mondethe health instability of the Gard source must therefore lead Nestlé Waters, owner of the brand, to « strategically question another possible food use of the exploitation of current mineral water catchments » of the site.
The inspection carried out last spring even invites Nestlé Waters to consider « a halt to the production of mineral water on the Vergèze site » . And for good reason: for two years, the Swiss group seems to have had all the trouble in the world to prove its ability to ensure the microbiological stability of its source, and consequently to ensure compliant bottling conditions…
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