NEW DELHI: A federal court ordered the Indian government yesterday to check if soft drinks being sold in India by Pepsi and Coca-Cola contain toxic pesticides, as Maoist guerillas joined a nationwide protest against the two US-based fizz firms.
Delhi High Court Judge B.D. Ahmed told India's Additional Solicitor-General K. K. Sud to test samples of Pepsi and Coke in state-owned laboratories and report back with the results within three weeks.
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