50cl bottles of Evian-brand water, which “did not meet” the company’s “quality standards” and were destined for destruction, ended up for sale in Marseille, Evian’s parent company Danone said in a statement. a press release.
“Following an incident on our production line, batches of 50cl bottles of Evian natural mineral water destined for export that did not meet our quality standards were sent for destruction to an external service provider in January 2022,” indicates Danone, which claims to have “received the destruction certificates corresponding to 100% of the batches in question”.
complaint filed
However, the group says that it “has recently been informed of the unexplained presence of bottles corresponding to these batch numbers in local stores in Marseille”, Bouches-du-Rhône. Danone specifies that he has informed the competent authorities and has filed a complaint “to understand what has led to this unacceptable situation.” The group also invites people in possession of a 50cl Evian-brand water bottle “with labels in Korean or Arabic” to contact its consumer service on 0800 125 125.
A source who requested anonymity had previously alerted AFP to a case of resale of Evian bottles not fit for consumption, citing the figure of 1.4 million bottles that had to be destroyed by a company that Evian paid “several tens of thousands of euros” to do so. These data have not been confirmed by Danone
Source: BFM TV
