US EditionPerrier ordered to remove water filters
- On May 7, 2025, French authorities ordered Nestle Waters to remove the microfiltering system from its Perrier natural mineral water produced in the southern Gard region.
- This order followed a 2024 admission by Nestle Waters of using banned filters and ultra-violet treatments that violate EU rules requiring mineral waters to be processed naturally.
- A French magistrate launched a fraud inquiry into suspicions of illegal processing involving Nestle and Sources Alma amid consumer complaints and ongoing Senate investigations.
- Nestle Waters announced that it plans to adhere to the directive to halt microfiltering and is committed to finding ways to restore the authorization for Perrier to be labeled as 'natural mineral water.'
- The required removal of filtration presents a setback for Nestle Waters, which at its peak sold nearly one billion Perrier bottles annually in 140 countries, with a final decision on the labeling due by August 7, 2025.
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"One prohibited treatment has replaced another. The government is heavily at fault": Perrier subjected to an ultimatum
Nestlé Waters, Perrier's parent company, has two months to remove the Perrier water microfiltration system, deemed not to conform to the status of natural mineral water. ...
Perrier, in a new blow, ordered to remove water filters
French authorities have ordered Nestlé Waters to stop filtering its Perrier and have forbidden the brand from using the description 'natural mineral water.' In a statement, Nestlé says it is 'determined to seek solutions.'
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Perrier ordered to remove water filters
French authorities ordered Nestle on Wednesday to stop filtering its Perrier and held back on allowing the under-pressure brand from using the description 'natural mineral water'.
In the Gard, the prefecture ordered Perrier to "remove" his microfiltration system within two months
After a prefectural decision on Wednesday, May 7, the Perrier brand, created in 1903 and owned by Nestlé, is to withdraw its microfiltration system in Vergèze. It will issue its decision on the authorisation of exploitation as "natural mineral water" by August 7.
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