Action against Soft Drinks Companies for Toxic Contents in products

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Samples of food items are picked up for testing and analysis by the State/UT Food Safety Departments from time to time. Separate data about samples of soft drinks having been tested/found not conforming to specified standards, has not been compiled centrally. A study was conducted by the All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health (AIIP&PH) and the National Test House (NTH), Kolkata, in which  AIIH&PH collected 4 bottles each of the cold drink brands (Sprite, Coca Cola, Mountain dew, Pepsi and 7 UP) and tested for heavy metals antimony, lead, chromium and cadmium and DEHP. The study takes bottled (packaged) water as the reference point. Since a number of other substances are added while making soft drinks, its composition will be different from packaged drinking water. The details of the findings of the study are given below:

Table: 1 Heavy metals and DEHP concentrations in Sprite (soft drink)

Item description: sample of Sprite (soft drink) in bottle (4×600 ml), Batch No. /LOT No. 2926
Test Description

(National Test House)

 Certificate No. Date of issue Code No.
NTH(ER)/CH(S)/2016/0029E 08/03/2016 1454064260750
 

Storage Parameters

 Toxic Substance (mg/l)
Antimony Lead Cadmium chromium DEHP
Sample in Bottle as received by the Lab. 0.015 0.007 0.003 0.015 0.016
40 deg C for 10 days. 0.019 0.009 0.006 0.016 0.019
60 deg C for 10 days 0.020 0.009 0.008 0.022 0.021
Permissible Limit NA NA NA NA NA
Remarks

Safety limits available for bottled water

 0.005 0.010 0.003 0.050 0.006
 

Reference standards

 (BIS(IS

13428:2005,    IS 14543: 2004)1

 (BIS(IS

13428:2005,    IS 14543: 2004)1

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13428:2005,    IS 14543: 2004)1

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13428:2005,    IS 14543: 2004)1

  

US-EPA(2)

                             Table: 2 Heavy metals and DEHP concentrations in Mountain Dew (soft drink):

Item description: sample of Mountain Dew received in 4 nos (600ml)  bottles  having Batches No./Lot No. BN5255C30J15
Test Description

(National Test House)

 Certificate no. Date of Issue Code No.
NTH(ER)/CH(S)/2016/0029C 08/03/2016 1454064260750
 

Storage Parameters

 Toxic Substance (mg/L)
Antimony Lead Cadmium chromium DEHP
Sample in Bottle as received by the Lab. 0.012 0.006 0.016 0.017 0.014
40 deg C for 10 days. 0.018 0.007 0.019 0.017 0.016
60 deg C for 10 days 0.021 0.009 0.020 0.018 0.018
Permissible Limit NA NA NA NA NA
Remarks

Safety limits available for bottled water

 0.005 0.010 0.003 0.050 0.006
 

Reference standards

 (BIS(IS

13428:2005,    IS 14543: 2004)1

 (BIS(IS

13428:2005,    IS 14543: 2004)1

 (BIS(IS

13428:2005,    IS 14543: 2004)1

 (BIS(IS

13428:2005,    IS 14543: 2004)1

  

US-EPA(2)

Table: 3 Heavy metals and DEHP concentrations in Pepsi (soft drink):

Item description: sample of Pepsi (soft drink): received in bottle (4×600 ml), having Batch No./Lot No.5255C06J15
Test Description

(National Test House)

 Certificate no. Date of Issue Code No.
NTH(ER)/CH(S)/2016/0029A 08/03/2016 1454064260750
 

Storage Parameters

 Toxic Substance (mg/L)
Antimony Lead Cadmium chromium DEHP
Sample in Bottle as received by the Lab. 0.029 0.011 0.002 0.017 0.028
40 deg C for 10 days. 0.032 0.012 0.006 0.019 0.033
60 deg C for 10 days 0.043 0.012 0.008 0.019 0.036
Permissible Limit NA NA NA NA NA
Remarks

Safety limits available for bottled water

 0.005 0.010 0.003 0.050 0.006
 

Reference standards

 (BIS(IS

13428:2005,    IS 14543: 2004)1

 (BIS(IS

13428:2005,    IS 14543: 2004)1

 (BIS(IS

13428:2005,    IS 14543: 2004)1

 (BIS(IS

13428:2005,    IS 14543: 2004)1

  

US-EPA(2)

Table: 4 Heavy metals and DEHP concentrations in 7 UP (soft drink):

Item description: sample of 7 UP(soft drink): received in bottle (600 ml), having Batch /Lot No.BN5255C23115
Test Description

(National Test House)

 Certificate no. Date of Issue Code No.
NTH(ER)/CH(S)/2016/0029B 08/03/2016 1454064260750
 

Storage Parameters

 Toxic Substance (mg/L)
Antimony Lead Cadmium chromium DEHP
Sample in Bottle as received by the Lab. 0.011 0.004 0.012 0.017 0.018
40 deg C for 10 days. 0.011 0.006 0.018 0.022 0.020
60 deg C for 10 days 0.023 0.006 0.020 0.022 0.020
Permissible Limit NA NA NA NA NA
Remarks

Safety limits available for bottled water

 0.005 0.010 0.003 0.050 0.006
 

Reference standards

 (BIS(IS

13428:2005,    IS 14543: 2004)1

 (BIS(IS

13428:2005,    IS 14543: 2004)1

 (BIS(IS

13428:2005,    IS 14543: 2004)1

 (BIS(IS

13428:2005,    IS 14543: 2004)1

  

US-EPA(2)

                            Table: 5 Heavy metals and DEHP concentrations in Coca Cola (soft drink):

Item description: sample of Coca Cola(soft drink): received in bottle

(600 ml) having Batch /Lot No.1263 (3 Bottles) & B.No. 1258 (1 Bottle)
Test Description

(National Test House)

 Certificate no. Date of Issue Code No.
NTH(ER)/CH(S)/2016/0029D 08/03/2016 1454064260750
 

Storage Parameters

 Toxic Substance (mg/L)
Antimony Lead Cadmium chromium DEHP
Sample in Bottle as received by the Lab. 0.006 0.009 0.011 0.026 0.026
40 deg C for 10 days. 0.014 0.011 0.013 0.032 0.028
60 deg C for 10 days 0.019 0.012 0.013 0.033 0.034
Permissible Limit NA NA NA NA NA
Remarks

Safety limits available for bottled water

 0.005 0.010 0.003 0.050 0.006
 

Reference standards

 (BIS(IS

13428:2005,    IS 14543: 2004)1

 (BIS(IS

13428:2005,    IS 14543: 2004)1

 (BIS(IS

13428:2005,    IS 14543: 2004)1

 (BIS(IS

13428:2005,    IS 14543: 2004)1

  

US-EPA(2)

  1. Bureau of Indian standards: Indian Standard Packaged natural mineral water specification (second revision) first reprint December 2006, Ics 13.060.20,c bls 200s Bureau of Indian Standards, Manak bhavan, 9 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002 is 13428: 2005
  2.         United States Environmental Protection Agency 2009, national Primary Drinking Water Regulations EPA 816-F-09-004 May 2009.

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