Pepsi samples tested by Maharashtra's Food and Drugs Administration contained pesticides beyond permissible limits, a news agency quoted FDA sources as saying.
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The tests, according to the report, showed that Pepsi products from its plant in Khalapur in Raigad district contained 0.6 mg of lindane, which is above the permissible limits.
On Wednesday, FDA had cleared some products of the company, but not Coke itself, for which it was awaiting the test reports.
FDA had ordered tests on samples of Coke and Pepsi products after Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment reported they contained a deadly cocktail of toxins.
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