New Delhi: The row over the issues of residual pesticide content in Pepsi and Coke will not affect the foreign direct investment (FDI), Union Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said on Thursday.
"Whenever anything of this sort happens, it makes people think twice. This will not impact the FDI inflows, but we must be very careful about it, not particularly with this issue but with other issues too. Accuracy should be ensured in any of the findings," Nath announced at the CII marketing summit.
When asked if the bans imposed by certain states following the outbreak of the controversy were justified, he said that Government will have to see that the findings are accurate and factually correct and the due process of law should take course and there is no need to act in haste.
The minister declined to comment on the ban of production and sale of colas imposed by Left ruled Kerala and said, "West Bengal, which is also ruled by Left, has taken a diametrically opposite stand to the issue. India is not the only country where Pepsi and Coke do business."
However, he insisted that public health is extremely important and the government is looking into the matter.
"We are going to see what is best and for that we must have a scientific protocol," he said.
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