Fiée des Lois spring water, bottled in Prahecq (Deux-Sèvres) and sold in France in Intermarché stores, has been withdrawn from the market due to a problem with the conformity of the quality of its water, management announced , confirming information from the New Republic.
“After various analyzes carried out in the Deux-Sèvres department and on the Fiée des Lois site, regulatory non-compliance was revealed without risk to the health of consumers on the water manufactured by the site,” writes
the management in a press release sent to AFP.
“As soon as the problem was identified”
, the bottling plant of the Les Mousquetaires group suspended
“the production of water from the sources concerned”
and
“as a precautionary and responsible principle”
, decided, to comply with the regulations, to withdraw from sale all bottles of water from the Fiée des Lois and Premiers prix brand placed on the market and manufactured on the Fiée des Lois site
,
the text continues.
“No health problem” estimates the ARS
The withdrawal of the bottles was initiated on Wednesday, management specifies.
According to La Nouvelle République, the contamination is due to a
“pesticide from the groundwater from which the water is taken”,
citing the Regional Health Agency
.
Analyzes of the source water detected the presence of
“Chlorothalonil” molecules,
exceeding the threshold of vigilance, quality
.
This fungicide, banned from use since 2020 and for which research is systematic in health checks, had already been detected in the water table in September 2023
.
The water remains
“drinkable”
and there are
“no health problems”
, according to the ARS.
The company bottles nearly 100 million liters of wine each year, or around 90% of the factory's turnover, and packages 45 million bottles of water under the Fiée des Lois brand.
It employs nearly 150 people.