INDIA Centre for Science and Environment ALLEGATION: PEPSI & COCA COLA has “HIGH Levels of PESTICIDE Residues; 12 STATES SAMPLES: PEPSI 30 times More
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The Supreme Court ordered the
Justice S. B. Sinha and Justice Dalveer Bhandari directed the companies to file their replies within four weeks, the Press Trust of India reported. “If they don’t comply, then the court has the authority to suspend sales,” Shreyas Patel, a lawyer at Fox Mandal
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Coca-Cola’s original recipe, according to company policy, is kept in a bank vault in
The court order followed the release of a report by the Centre for Science and Environment, a non-government body, which contended that 11 brands sold by the two soft drinks makers contained high levels of pesticide residues. The organisation said that samples from 12 states showed that Pepsi products contained 30 times more pesticides than in 2003, when a similar study was conducted. Coke samples had 25 times the amount of pesticides as three years ago.
The report, published on Wednesday, caused a row in
It is not the first time Coca-Cola and Pepsi have found themselves mired in controversy in
held feelings of cultural protectionism.
The
The Bureau of Indian Standards, the highest government body to maintain product quality certification, has set a pesticide standard for bottled water but not for soft drinks.
In 2003, at the time of the last report, pesticide claims provoked a backlash. Schools banned colas, and fruit juice sales boomed as yoga gurus reminded people of the value of healthy drinking. Coca-Cola’s sales dropped by as much as 11 per cent in the subsequent financial quarter.
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