Indian Man Claims He Found Condom in Cola

　　印度首都新德里的一家消费者法庭4月26日责令软饮料生产商百事公司向一名消费者支付经济赔款，因为这名消费者在瓶装的百事可乐中发现了一只避孕套。

　　A consumer court Wednesday ordered soft drink maker PepsiCo to pay financial damages after a customer found a condom inside a bottle, a news report said.

　　法庭认为，这桩案件“罕见”并对消费者的健康造成严重影响，责令百事公司向消费者提供10万卢比（约合2200美元）的法律援助，并向原告支付2万卢比（约合450美元）的经济赔偿。

　　Calling the case "rare" and one that had a serious bearing on public health, the court ordered the company to pay 100,000 rupees ($2,200) to a legal aid fund for consumers, and 20,000 rupees ($450) to the complainant, Press Trust of India reported.

　　此案的陪审团称：“这桩案件对其它的软饮料生产商提出了警告，他们必须保证维护公共利益的行业标准的透明度。”截止到26日，百事公司发言人还没有就法院的判决发表任何评论。

　　"This case is an eye-opener for others who are engaged in manufacturing soft drinks and are required to maintain the prescribed standards of purity in (the) public interest," the news agency quoted the three-judge panel as saying. Calls to PepsiCo spokesman Annie Kishen's phone went unanswered Wednesday.

　　报道说，在百事可乐中发现避孕套的这名消费者名叫夏尔马，居住在新德里附近的乌恰尼村。据他透露，2003年，他购买了两瓶百事可乐。当饮用了其中的一瓶后他开始出现失眠、严重头疼和胃痛等症状。夏尔马随后在这瓶可乐里发现了泥土和其它沉淀物，而在另一瓶还未开启的可乐里发现了避孕套。

　　Complainant Sudesh Sharma, a resident of Ujhani village near New Delhi, said he fell sick after consuming one of the two Pepsi bottles he bought in 2003. Sharma said he found dirt and contaminants in the bottle, and suffered from insomnia, severe headache and stomach pain. He found the condom in the other unopened bottle, PTI reported.

　　据悉，百事公司曾否认这是由于生产过程疏忽所致，表示这是假冒的百事可乐。

　　Pepsi denied negligence at the proceedings, saying the bottle was a fake.