New Delhi, Aug 22: Health Minister Sushma Swaraj today said softdrinks manufacturers have "committed one more mistake" by advertising her statement in Parliament on the controversy generated over the pesticide residues in the beverages. "The matter is sub-judice and a joint parliamentary committee has also been set up. They should not have done so......They have committed one more mistake", she said when reporters repeatedly quizzed her over the huge hoardings and newspaper advertisements in the capital.

The advertisements quoted Swaraj that "all these (soft drinks) are well within safety limits". Replying to repeated queries on the advertisements, the minister said she had "not given them clean chit" and insisted that she had not seen any advertisement or hoardings.

At the same time, she said the soft drinks were within the prescribed norms applicable now, but there was need for further improvement. "I am not apologetic about it at all", she said dismissing concerns over the current norms in soft drinks. Bureau Report