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Friday, Jun 25, 2004
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Beverages Marketing - Standards & Benchmarks Final product norms for soft drinks being delayed: CSE Our Bureau
New Delhi , June 24 IN the on-going controversy surrounding the presence of pesticides in colas, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has alleged that the process of setting final product standards for carbonated water has been put off for the time being. It has, in a statement, said that the sub-committee under the Central Committee for Food Standards (CCFS) today decided to undertake a nationwide monitoring of soft drinks for pesticide residues. "Worse still, the sub-committee recommended setting up of another expert group to work out the modalities of the monitoring exercise. The sub-committee's recommendation will now be forwarded to the Union Health Minister, via the Central Committee for Food Standards (CCFS)," said CSE in a statement. A Joint Parliamentary Committee had last year asked the Government to formulate pesticide norms after the CSE had found these particles in popular soft drink brands. The CSE said that the Health Ministry's sub-committee instead supported the industry position. "The decision of the sub-committee is nothing but an exercise in prevarication, delay and obfuscation. CSE hopes that the new Health Minister will not succumb to these tactics as this will destroy the mandate given to him to ensure food safety and water security for all," it added. The Centre also said that the sub-committee had invited 21 stakeholders to present their views, which included Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, but not the CSE.
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