French parliament adopts scathing report on Nestlé Waters

The French parliament adopted a report on the control of mineral water treatment by Nestlé Waters on Wednesday. It follows revelations of prohibited methods used by Nestlé's bottled water subsidiary. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox “The report sheds light on the steps involved in bringing Nestlé Waters into compliance, organised in complete confidentiality under the aegis of the State between the end of 2021 and the end of 2023,” states a press release seen by the news agency AWP. The document “deplores the State's belated and lackadaisical response to the reports made as early as 2020 and 2021: the prohibited treatments were only abandoned by Nestlé Waters in August 2023, almost two years after the political authorities were informed.” French Senator Antoinette Guhl launched a parliamentary mission in the spring, in the wake of press revelations that natural mineral and spring waters, notably from the Nestlé subsidiary operating the Vittel, Contrex and ...