Fiée des Lois spring water withdrawn from the market for non-compliance

According to “La Nouvelle République”, the contamination is due to a pesticide present in the groundwater where the water is taken, then sold in Intermarché stores.

Fiée des Lois spring water, bottled in Prahecq (Deux-Sèvres) and sold in France in Intermarché stores, was withdrawn from the market due to a problem with the conformity of the quality of its water, announced Thursday 15 February the management of the company, confirming information of the New Republic.

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According to the daily, the contamination is due to a “pesticide of the groundwater from which the water is taken”, citing the Regional Health Agency (ARS). Analyzes of the spring water detected the presence of molecules of the “chlorothalonil”exceeding “the threshold of vigilance, of quality”.

Water remains “drinkable”, reassures the ARS

This fungicide, banned from use since 2020, for which research is systematic in health checks, had already been detected in the water table in September 2023. The water remains “drinkable” and he “There are no health problems”, according to the ARS.

“After various analyzes carried out in the department of Deux-Sèvres andt on the Fiée des Lois site, regulatory non-compliance was highlighted without risk to the health of consumers on the water manufactured by the site”, writes management in a press release sent to AFP.

“As soon as the problem is identified”the bottling plant of the Les Mousquetaires group has suspended “the production of water from the sources concerned”. She also decided, “as a precautionary principle and as a matter of responsibility” 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. The withdrawal of the bottles was initiated on Wednesday, specifies the company’s management.