The siege of Nestlé searched

The headquarters of Nestlé, near Paris, was searched on Thursday. Similarly, Nestlé and Nestlé Waters are suspected of having illegally treated their raw waters. Nevertheless,

The headquarters of Nestlé in France. Nevertheless, in Issy-les-Moulineaux, was searched Thursday, July 10, according to information from the Investigation Unit of Radio France, confirmed by the Directorate General for Competition, Consumption and the Repression of Fraud (DGCCRF). Therefore, At the end of the morning. investigators from the National Department of Investigation (SNE) of the DGCCRF and the Central Office to Combat Environmental and Public Health (OCLAESP) arrived in the premises of the Swiss multinational at the end of the morning. They were still there in the early afternoon. siege nestlé searched According to information from the Investigation Unit, several investigators were present, some wearing “gendarmerie” armbands. Nestlé. Nestlé Waters are suspected of having illegally treated their raw waters, in order to hide their contamination with bacteria and pesticides.

According to the DGCCRF. these searches “Building following the complaint with the constitution of civil party filed against X by the Foodwatch association but targeting the companies Nestlé and Nestlé Waters “. Complaint having given rise to the opening of a judicial information by the public health center of the Paris. judicial court in February 2025. And to specify: “Investigators were seized on the Rogatory Commission by the two Cosaisis investigation judges. The investigation will continue to operate in particular the exploitation of the data entered during these searches “.

For the Nestlé group. the judicial complications linked to the case of mineral waters fraud revealed by the Investigation Unit of Radio siege nestlé searched France and The world In January 2024 accumulated. Additionally, The UFC Que Choisir consumer association also announced, on June 3, to file a complaint. “Cof the persistent immobility of the public authorities “. The association has seized, within the framework of a procedure in summary proceedings, the Judicial Court of Nanterre so that measures to withdraw the market and recall of the products, but also the prohibition of the marketing of the bottles of Perrier.

Indeed. all of the wells operated on the Vergèze site are polluted, according to a report of hydrogeologists approved by the Ministry of Health, which the Radio France investigation unit was able to consult. The Nestlé group announced a few days ago that it has removed its prohibited filtration system (0.2 micron microfiltre) to replace it with another (microfilter 0.45 micron). But the problem of contamination of raw water remains. since Nestlé continues siege nestlé searched to exploit polluted wells, in flagrant contradiction with regulations, according to which natural mineral waters must be “Pure source”.

According to our information. the interim hearing, which was to be held this week in Nanterre, has been dismissed and should finally take place at the end of September.

The Ministry of Health ordered an inspection of all water packaging factories in France by the end of 2026. with the key, if necessary, the ban on displaying natural mineral water name, or even factories. Threats weigh in particular around the Vergèze site, in the Gard, the historic factory of the Perrier group.

The water consumption of the Perrier brand has decreased by 14% since the start of the year compared to the same period of 2024. according to figures collected by the union of spring water and natural mineral waters (SESEMN).