50 cl Evian brand water bottles, “not meeting” the company’s “quality standards” and destined for destruction, ended up on sale in Marseille, said Evian’s parent company, Danone , in a statement to AFP.
“Following an incident on our production line, batches of 50 cl bottles of Evian natural mineral water intended 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 certificates of destruction corresponding to 100% of the batches concerned”.
Labels in Korean or Arabic languages
Nevertheless, the group says it has “recently been informed of the unexplained presence of bottles corresponding to these batch numbers in local shops in Marseille”. Danone specifies that it has informed the competent authorities and filed a complaint “in order to understand what led to this unacceptable situation”. According to information from 20 Minutes Marseilles, an investigation was entrusted to the gendarmes of the Chambéry research section, while the bottles have been circulating since January. However, contacted by us, neither the Marseille prosecutor’s office nor that of Chambéry have any trace of this case or this complaint.
The group, which did not respond to requests from 20 Minutes Marseillesalso invites people in possession of a 50 cl bottle of Evian brand water “with labels in Korean or Arabic” to get in touch with its consumer service, on 0800 125 125.