Kerala health minister P Sankaran today said production and distribution of Coca-Cola would be stopped if the samples of the soft drink produced at the Plachimada plant in Palakkad district contained hazardous substances.
Replying to a submission in the assembly, he said the samples had been collected from the plant and from four stockists, and were sent for examination.
The test result was expected in a week, he said, adding the government would take stringent action against the plant if tests proved that the samples contained hazardous substsances.
He said the unit had been directed to stop supplying the waste as fertilisers to farmers, and destroy the same in a proper manner. The government viewed the issue very seriously, he said.
On the demands of some members that the plant be closed down, he said the plant had necessary legal clearances from all authorities concerned.
