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Perrier's reputation for purity suffered a blow in 1990 when a laboratory in North Carolina in the United States found benzene, a carcinogen, in several bottles. Perrier stated that it was an isolated incident of a worker having made a mistake in filtering and that the spring itself was unpolluted. The incident ultimately led to the worldwide withdrawal of the product, with around 160 million bottles of Perrier being recalled.[12][13]

Two years later in 1992, Perrier was bought by Nestlé, one of the world's leading food and drink companies.[14] Nestlé had to contend with competition from the Agnelli family for ownership of the business.[15]