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PepsiCo Company
PepsiCo Incorporated is an American multinational corporation with
headquarters in Purchase, NY. It manufactures and markets a wide
variety of carbonated and non-carbonated beverages, as well as salty,
sweet and grain-based snacks, and other foods. Besides the Pepsi Cola
brands, the company also owns the following brands: Quaker Oats,
Gatorade, Frito Lay, SoBe, Naked, Tropicana, Copella, Mountain Dew,
Mirinda and 7 Up (outside the USA). Today, beverage distribution
and bottling is undertaken primarily by associated companies
such as the Pepsi Bottling Group and Pepsi Americas. Criticism:
In 2003, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a nongovernmental
organisation in New Delhi, said that aerated waters
produced by soft drinks manufacturers in India, including the
multinational giants PepsiCo and Coca Cola, contained toxins, inter
alia lindane, DDT, malathion and chlorpyrifos – pesticides that can
contribute to cancer and a breakdown of the immune system, as well
as causing birth defects. Products tested included: Coke, Pepsi, 7 Up,
Mirinda, Fanta, Thums Up, Limca and Sprite. The CSE found that
Pepsi’s Indian-produced soft drink products contained 36 times the
level of pesticide residues permitted under European Union regulations
– Coca Cola’s contained 30 times the amount. No such residues were
found in the same products tested in the USA. However, these results
were based on European standards for water, not for other beverages.
There are no laws in India banning the presence of pesticides in drinks.
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15.3 Neoliberal Institutions with a Privatisation Agenda
AIG American International Group
One of the world’s leading insurance and financial services organisations,
closely involved in Cross Border Leasing contracts.
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BDI Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie
(National Association of German Industry)
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