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Nestlé to face retrial over illegal dumping near French bottled water plants

Bottles of Vittel and Contrex, two Nestlé Waters brands produced in the Vosges region of eastern France, pictured alongside other mineral water brands.
Bottles of Vittel and Contrex, two Nestlé Waters brands produced in the Vosges region of eastern France, pictured alongside other mineral water brands. © AFP - JOEL SAGET

Nestlé Waters is to face a new trial over alleged illegal dumping near its bottled water plants in eastern France, after an appeals court reinstated key scientific evidence excluded from the original proceedings.

A court of appeal in Nancy ruled on Thursday that the Nestlé Waters case should be sent back to the city’s criminal court for a fresh hearing, overturning a March decision that had removed a series of test results and expert reports from the case.

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