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Baddi Coke plant fined for contamination

Moga, August 19
The Moga District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed a Coca Cola bottling plant to pay more than Rs 1 lakh in fines and damages for releasing in the market a contaminated batch of soft drinks.

A laboratory test found “foreign material injurious to health” in a 1.5 litre bottle of Coca Cola.

The forum passed the order yesterday on a complaint filed on November 22, 2002, by Mr Balwinder Singh of Kokari Kalan, whose family had to be taken to doctor after consuming the impugned soft drink.

Based on the results of laboratory test that detected harmful material in the sample and arguments given by the complainant and the respondents (including the retailer who had sold the drinks), the forum directed the Coca Cola bottling plant at Baddi, Solan district, to deposit Rs 1 lakh with the district Red Cross Society and give Rs 10,000 as compensation to the complainant.

The retailer was also directed to give Rs 2,000 as compensation to the complainant. — PTI