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Telangana bakery sells ‘expired’ Diet Coke to customer, ordered to pay Rs 25,000
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The Indian Express
A Telangana consumer commission has held a bakery and its employee liable for selling four expired Diet Coke cans to a customer and directed it to refund the purchase price of Rs 160, pay Rs 15,000 as compensation to the man and deposit Rs 10,000 in the state consumer welfare fund.
“The opposite parties 1 and 2 (bakery and its employee) are duty bound to return the value of expiry product of 4 tins of Diet Coke of Rs 160 and Rs 10,000 towards mental agony and Rs 5,000 towards costs.
A bakery visit to consumer courtThe man claimed that he purchased four Coca-Cola Diet Coke tins from the said bakery by paying Rs 160 on August 30, 2025.
They were further directed to pay Rs 10,000 towards compensation for mental agony and Rs 5,000 towards costs.
It was added that such authorised bottlers are not agents of the Coca-Cola Company or its subsidiaries and obtain independent Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) licenses and other permits for the manufacture of products sold under the trademarks by The Coca-Cola Company.