The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
has issued notice to nine packaged drinking water units in the district
asking them to stop production within seven days or face closure.
This
comes in the wake of the direction from the National Green Tribunal
that ordered the closure of units functioning without obtaining product
approval and ISI certification.
Drinking water
These
units were producing packaged drinking water and operating under the
guise of flavoured water or herbal water in Salem, Kadayampatti,
Ayothiapattanam, Attur and Tharamangalam. T. Anuradha, District
Designated Officer, Food Safety and Health Administration Department
told
The Hindu
that notices were issued to the units under Section 26, 27, 33, 36 (3) (a) (b) (l) of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
She
added that the firms have to get their products approved by the FSSAI
and also obtain no-objection certificate (NOC) to operate their units.
Expenses
Officials
said that the expenses for ISI certification could be around Rs. 2 lakh
per year and hence these units get licence from associations.
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