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SC quashes action against Pepsi over pesticide content [1]

Company argued it was following globally accepted norms.

The Supreme Court today quashed the prosecution of soft drink giant PepsiCo by the Kerala government over the pesticide content found in its bottles picked at random from the market.

A three-judge bench headed by Justice Altamash Kabir set aside the criminal proceedings, mainly accepting the argument of the company that there was no la

Publication Date: 
19/11/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Supreme Court [3], PepsiCo [4], Pesticides [5], Soft Drinks Industry [6], Kerala [7], CSE Study [8], Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954 [9], Lindane [10], DDT [11], Chlorpyriphos [12], Malathion [13]
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