Officials attached to the Department of Food Safety have
sealed three mineral water plants around Sankarankovil in the district
for functioning without permission.
An official
statement said a surprise check was conducted in a few mineral water
plants at Sankarankovil, Karivalamvanthanallur, Melaneelithanallur and
Dharmadurani and three of them were found to be functioning without
proper permission obtained from the Department of Food Safety for
commercially manufacturing “flavoured herbal drinking water.”
Moreover, it was found that the water was being packed in unclean cans and marketed.
Subsequently,
the Food Safety Officers, T.R. Muthukumarasamy, Maharajan, Ramesh and
Chandrasekaran, sealed the illegal mineral water manufacturing units.
The
Food Safety Department has warned that manufacture and sale of mineral
water without proper permission would attract serious punishments under
the provisions of Food Safety Act. Moreover, the consumers should buy
only mineral water bottles carrying ISI mark and consume it before the
expiry/ best before date, the statement added.
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