After filing a complaint against Nestlé in January for having illegally purified contaminated water to continue selling it, the Epinal court ruled on September 10: the multinational is forced to pay a fine but will not be judged . Despite this decision, the NGO Foodwatch filed 2 new complaints this Wednesday to obtain that an investigating judge looks into the practices presented as fraudulent by the giant Nestlé and the Sources Alma group concerning the treatment of their bottled water.
The association also questions “the complacency of the State in this matter” which “raises the question of its responsibility”. Already in January following the first complaints from Foodwatch, Nestlé had asked the government to grant it permission to use the most powerful filters, which then granted it a form of exemption by affirming that “the absence of a standard explicitly prohibiting this level filtration”. The NGO therefore published an audit report last July with regard to the French authorities. The report points out their lack of transparency towards consumers but also neighboring countries and the Commission.
Ingrid Kragl, director of information at the NGO Foodwatch, will discuss the bottled mineral water scandal.
Presented by: Caroline Roux, Axel de Tarlé
Production house: France Télévisions / Maximal Productions
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