Karnataka govt files case against Coca Cola

BANGALORE: Karnataka government has filed a case against Coca Cola in a court here after its lab tests confirmed the presence of high levels of pesticides in its soft drinks.

Karnataka is the first state to file a case against the company after 'pesticide-in-the-cola' controversy broke out, Health Minister R Ashok told reporters here.

Within a few days after clamping a ban on sale of Coke, Pepsi and 11 other soft drinks in the wake of the pesticide row, the case was filed in the Court of Small Causes under relevant provisions of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, he said.