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These excerpts taken from the PBG 10-K filed Feb 20, 2009. California Carcinogen and
Reproductive Toxin Legislation. A California law
requires that any person who exposes another to a carcinogen or
a reproductive toxin must provide a warning to that effect.
Because the law does not define quantitative thresholds below
which a warning is not required, virtually all manufacturers of
food products are confronted with the possibility of having to
provide warnings due to the presence of trace amounts of defined
substances. Regulations implementing the law exempt
manufacturers from providing the required warning if it can be
demonstrated that the defined substances occur naturally in the
product or are present in municipal water used to manufacture
the product. We have assessed the impact of the law and its
implementing regulations on our beverage products and have
concluded that none of our products currently requires a warning
under the law. We cannot predict whether or to what extent food
industry efforts to minimize the law’s impact on food
products will succeed. We also cannot predict what impact,
either in terms of direct costs or diminished sales, imposition
of the law may have.
California Carcinogen and Reproductive Toxin Legislation. A California law requires that any person who exposes another to a carcinogen or a reproductive toxin must provide a warning to that effect. Because the law does not define quantitative thresholds below which a warning is not required, virtually all manufacturers of food products are confronted with the possibility of having to provide warnings due to the presence of trace amounts of defined substances. Regulations implementing the law exempt manufacturers from providing the required warning if it can be demonstrated that the defined substances occur naturally in the product or are present in municipal water used to manufacture the product. We have assessed the impact of the law and its implementing regulations on our beverage products and have concluded that none of our products currently requires a warning under the law. We cannot predict whether or to what extent food industry efforts to minimize the law’s impact on food products will succeed. We also cannot predict what impact, either in terms of direct costs or diminished sales, imposition of the law may have. Mexican Water Regulation. In Mexico, we pump water from our own wells and we purchase water directly from municipal water companies pursuant to concessions obtained from the Mexican government on a plant-by-plant basis. The concessions are generally for ten-year terms and can generally be renewed by us prior to expiration with minimal cost and effort. Our concessions may be terminated if, among other things, (a) we use materially more water than permitted by the concession, (b) we use materially less water than required by the concession, (c) we fail to pay for the rights for water usage or (d) we carry out, without governmental authorization, any material construction on or improvement to, our wells. Our concessions generally satisfy our current water requirements and we believe that we are generally in compliance in all material respects with the terms of our existing concessions. 7 Table of Contents
These excerpts taken from the PBG 10-K filed Feb 27, 2008. California Carcinogen and
Reproductive Toxin Legislation. A California law
requires that any person who exposes another to a carcinogen or
a reproductive toxin must provide a warning to that effect.
Because the law does not define quantitative thresholds below
which a warning is not required, virtually all manufacturers of
food products are confronted with the possibility of having to
provide warnings due to the presence of trace amounts of defined
substances. Regulations implementing the law exempt
manufacturers from providing the required warning if it can be
demonstrated that the defined substances occur naturally in the
product or are present in municipal water used to manufacture
the product. We have assessed the impact of the law and its
implementing regulations on our beverage products and have
concluded that none of our products currently requires a warning
under the law. We cannot predict whether or to what extent food
industry efforts to minimize the law’s impact on food
products will succeed. We also cannot predict what impact,
either in terms of direct costs or diminished sales, imposition
of the law may have.
California Carcinogen and Reproductive Toxin Legislation. A California law requires that any person who exposes another to a carcinogen or a reproductive toxin must provide a warning to that effect. Because the law does not define quantitative thresholds below which a warning is not required, virtually all manufacturers of food products are confronted with the possibility of having to provide warnings due to the presence of trace amounts of defined substances. Regulations implementing the law exempt manufacturers from providing the required warning if it can be demonstrated that the defined substances occur naturally in the product or are present in municipal water used to manufacture the product. We have assessed the impact of the law and its implementing regulations on our beverage products and have concluded that none of our products currently requires a warning under the law. We cannot predict whether or to what extent food industry efforts to minimize the law’s impact on food products will succeed. We also cannot predict what impact, either in terms of direct costs or diminished sales, imposition of the law may have. Mexican Water Regulation. In Mexico, we pump water from our own wells and we purchase water directly from municipal water companies pursuant to concessions obtained from the Mexican government on a plant-by-plant basis. The concessions are generally for ten-year terms and can generally be renewed by us prior to expiration with minimal cost and effort. Our concessions may be terminated if, among other things, (a) we use materially more water than permitted by the concession, (b) we use materially less water than required by the concession, (c) we fail to pay for the rights for water usage or (d) we carry out, without governmental authorization, any material construction on or improvement to, our wells. Our concessions generally satisfy our current water requirements and we believe that we are generally in compliance in all material respects with the terms of our existing concessions. | EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:
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