{"id":720870,"date":"2026-06-07T11:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T11:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/720870\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T11:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T11:31:13","slug":"fifa-changes-course-on-disposable-water-bottles-after-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/720870\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA changes course on disposable water bottles after backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA announced that fans are now allowed to bring disposable water bottles into the stadiums in the U.S. and Canada for the upcoming World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>This move is a reversal of a previous rule stating that those bottles were not permitted at the soccer matches.<\/p>\n<p>That rule created a backlash among local government officials, including Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, who called it a \u201cmoney grab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She cited health risks such as dehydration during games played in hot weather.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the organization clarifies that people are allowed to bring one bottle each.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne soft plastic disposable factory-sealed water bottle up to 20 oz will be permitted,\u201d said FIFA chief operating officer Heimo Schirgi in a video on social media.<\/p>\n<p>However, the ban remains in effect for reusable water bottles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is not allowed are hard-sided reusable water containers which could pose safety and security risks,\u201d Schirgi added.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto and Vancouver will start hosting their first matches on June 12 and June 13.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Vancouver as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=vancouver.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778189171_473_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FIFA announced that fans are now allowed to bring disposable water bottles into the stadiums in the U.S.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":720871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-720870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}