Two Rajasthan high court advocates, Madhav Mitra and R.S. Chauhan, under the auspices of NGO Public Action Group, have filed a public inerest litigation demanding that packaged food companies, like soft drink makers, be directed to print the exact level of pesticide content on the food packs. A bench comprising S.K. Keshote and Ajay Rastogi took up the petition on 21 December and is likely to review it in January. Notices have been issued to the Union of India, the State Government of Rajasthan, the Rajasthan Pollution Control Board and the 39 respondents including companies like Dabur, Nestle and Hindustan Lever. The court had earlier directed manufacturers of carbonated drinks to specify the level of pesticides, even if within allowed limits, on the bottles.