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Corporation warning on beverages

By Our Staff Reporter

COIMBATORE, APRIL 4. The Coimbatore Corporation has called upon the public to watch out for substances in bottled beverages that could be hazardous fungal growth.

A press release from the Corporation Commissioner said today that surprise checks earlier by the Food Inspectors of the civic body had found such substances in bottled soft drinks of a multinational company. Laboratory tests had found "fungal growth formation" in the beverage and legal action was being initiated against the firm.

The release said such instances would attract a punishment of six years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 2,000, under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act. It said that if people found such a formation in soft drinks, including those with fruits as base, they should immediately inform the City Health Department in the Corporation on ph: 2395156.

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