2024-02-16 05:38:00
“As soon as the problem is identified”the bottling plant of the Les Mousquetaires group has suspended “the production of water from the sources concerned” et “as a precautionary principle and as a matter of responsibility”decided, to comply with the regulations, “to withdraw from sale all water bottles of the brand ‘Fiée des Lois’ and ‘Premiers prix’ placed on the market and manufactured on the Fiée des Lois site”the text continues.
The withdrawal of the bottles was initiated on Wednesday, management specifies.
The threshold of vigilance exceeded
According to The New Republicthe contamination is due to and “pesticide of the groundwater from which the water is taken”, citing the Regional Health Agency. Analyzes of spring water detected the presence of “Chlorothalonil” molecules, exceeding “the threshold of vigilance, of quality”.
This fungicide, banned from use since 2020 and for which research is systematic in health checks, had already been detected in the water table in September 2023. The water remains “potable” and he “There are no health problems“according to the ARS.
The company bottles nearly 100 million liters of wine each year, or around 90% of the factory’s turnover, and packages 45 million bottles of water under the Fiée des Lois brand. It employs nearly 150 people.
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