Overview

• The consumer group lodged a criminal complaint accusing Nestlé Waters of aggravated deception and misleading commercial practices.
• It filed a referral with the Cour de justice de la République against four current and former ministers, including Agnès Pannier-Runacher, for allegedly concealing unauthorized water treatments.
• An accelerated injunction at the Nanterre tribunal seeks temporary withdrawal and recall orders for Perrier products labeled as natural mineral water.
• A May Senate inquiry found that Nestlé applied banned ultraviolet and activated carbon treatments to brands like Perrier and Vittel without government intervention.
• A separate legal case in Paris is already in progress against Nestlé Waters and Sources Alma over similar consumer deception allegations.