bangalore while five states banned the sale of coke and pepsi and several others mulling the move karnataka has gone a step ahead and registered a case in a civil court in bangalore against cocacola after bans by kerala mp gujarat maharashtra and punjab karnataka has taken further corrective action the first in the country to file a case against the mnc health minister r ashok on friday said the state itself conducted tests and found the level of chemical pesticides higher than the permitted levels we bought the coke at a general shop took a receipt for it and submitted the bottle to tests at a fully equipped private lab in whitefield the tests were conducted by government technicians it was found that coke contained chemical melathin to an extent of 0142 ppm as against the permitted 01 he said the state has quoted provisions of the food adulteration act and registered a case against cocacola in the small causes court on nrupatunga roadthe case was admitted on aug 12 the state has also submitted all 12 carbonated drinks identified by the delhi based centre for science and environment as having a very high concentration of pesticide for testing we got results for thumsup and mirinda both of which have a higher amount of pesticide than is permitted while hepatachlore in thumsup is above permitted level chlorophyripas in mirinda is high we will file cases against these two drinks also he said that is not all the state has over 500 local brands of carbonated drinks all of which will be submitted to similar testing and action the health of our children is very important we will take action whether it is an mnc or a local company ashok maintained the state is contemplating a total ban like kerala the government will get details from kerala on how they imposed the ban then discuss the issue with legal experts and try to put a similar ban in place weve already enforced the ban in government educational institutions and hospitals action will be taken against anyone violating the ban we have also issued a directive to all private establishments to refrain from the sale of such carbonated drinks ashok stated