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Nestlé to Launch Audit of Water Production in France
Nestlé is embarking on an internal audit of its water production in France,
the group’s CEO Laurent Freixe said.

Nestlé has had its water production under
scrutiny since January last year, when
it admitted to breaching regulations in
France over the way it treats bottled
mineral water against contamination.

Speaking to the Senate in a hearing in
April, Freixe said, “The group has decided
to launch an internal review in France of
these past practices: we are conducting
this review, to which the Nestlé Waters
teams will contribute. In my view, this
review is essential if we are to learn all
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the lessons we need to, and I will draw
all the necessary conclusions from it”.

In his opening remarks, the Nestlé CEO
said its waters division had been informed
about an “unfavourable opinion” from a
hydrogeologists’ report on the continued
use of wells for natural mineral water
production at its Vergèze facility in the
Gard region of southern France.

Last year, Nestlé confirmed its waters
business had used different purification
treatments on products labelled as
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“mineral water”, including those sold
under brands such as Perrier and Vittel,
which are produced at its Vergèze and
Vosges facilities in France.

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