France, Feb. 4 -- According to an investigation conducted by journalists from Le Monde and Radio France, the French government allowed food and beverage giant Nestle to continue selling mineral water that did not comply with health regulations. President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesdaydenied the accusations of a wide-reaching cover-up.

"I am not aware of these things. There is no understanding with anyone, there is no collusion with anyone," President Emmanuel Macron told journalists on the sidelines of a trip to the Gustave Roussy cancer institute near Paris on Tuesday.

Macron was addressing the controversy surrounding new revelations in the Nestle Waters purification scandal.

The subsidiary of the Swiss agri-food giant has been accused of...