COCA-COLA AWAITS INDIA PESTICIDE RULING
November 1st, 2006
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi
PEPSI and Coca-Cola India received temporary relief today when the country's Supreme Court agreed to wait for a forthcoming government food-safety report and delayed the verdict in a controversial pesticides contamination case for two months. Trying to protect their US$150 billion business interests in India, the companies are now thought likely to escape revealing their secret drinks formulas, but may have to unveil detailed information regarding the pesticide allegations.
The Delhi-based NGO, Centre for Science and ...
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