Stern action:Food safety officials examine an illegal mineral water making plant in Erode on Thursday.
The plant was operating during night hours
Officials of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) sealed a water plant located at Lakshmi Narayanan Nagar in the city limits on Thursday.
The owner had reportedly ran away after learning about the inspections being conducted a team of BIS officials from Coimbatore.
The BIS team recommended the Food Safety Department to initiate appropriate action since the plant was functioning without ISI certification.
According to a senior official of Food Safety and Drug Administration, the plant was functioning unauthorised after its failure to secure an ISI certification. The unit had been operating during night hours, the official said. The plant was one among the seven units that were ordered to close down during an inspection last year. The other units had revived production after securing the ISI certification, officials said.
Operating in night hours is not the excuse. FDA should have imposed fine or proceeded legally.
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