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Nestlé HQ in France Raided in Mineral Waters Investigation

Nestle's office in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris.Photographer: Riccardo Milani/Getty Images

French authorities raided the local headquarters of Nestlé SA near Paris on Thursday, as the scandal into the Swiss company’s treatment of bottled mineral waters deepens.

The evidence-gathering inspections, first reported by Radio France, were confirmed by the country’s anti-fraud office, known as DGCCRF, as well as Nestlé. The case concerns the consumer goods giant’s use of prohibited filtering methods for natural mineral waters.