Scandal of Mineral Waters: a Cover-up of the State?

You probably remember the mineral water scandal that broke out last year. Nestlé, accused of cheating, treated his waters to purify them (Perrier, Contrex, Vittel, Hepar). A report of the Senate reveals that the state had known about it since 2021. Worse, there would have been a concealment strategy to prevent the affair from breaking out in the open. The Élysée acknowledges exchanges with Nestlé, but refutes any direct involvement. (Topics of s…

On 19 May, the Senate released the report of its commission of inquiry into the bottled water scandal. In addition to Nestlé's fraudulent practices, senators point out the responsibility "of the state summit" and its representatives, who intervened to cover the multinational.

Singing to jobs, rewriting of official reports: the pressures exerted by the global giant to preserve its mineral water brands were widely revealed by the report of the Senate commission of inquiry.

Reported a year and a half ago, the case of the illegal treatment of certain mineral waters was partly concealed by the state, according to a Senate committee of inquiry.

An investigation commission reports that a number of state departments have again published a report detailing the source contaminations of the Nestle Waters group.

The findings of the Senate commission of inquiry on bottled water, revealed by "Le Monde" and Radio France, show how the state services have sweetened a report highlighting contaminations of the Perrier sources at the request of the Swiss giant.