Nestlé may continue to sell Perrier in France as natural mineral water for the time being. A court in Nanterre has rejected a temporary ban on sales requested by consumer protection organisations. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The judgement, which is available to the news agency AWP, rejected all of UFC-Que Choisir's claims. A health risk for consumers could not be proven to the extent required for an urgent application, it was said. No "direct damage" had been proven. The court also ordered the association to pay the costs. UFC-Que Choisir must pay €5,000 to Nestlé Waters and two subsidiaries - including the one that operates the Perrier production site in Vergèze in the Gard department. In an urgent application, the consumer protection organisation UFC-Que Choisir wanted to prohibit Nestlé from continuing to market Perrier as "natural mineral water" due to allegedly unlawful treatment processes. The allegation was that the water had been treated ...
