PUNE: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials on Sunday shut down four packaged drinking water plants located in Khed and Shirur talukas in Pune district for operating without the mandatory licences.
Licences from the Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) and Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) are prerequisites to run such a plant.
"The owners have been directed to keep the plant shut till all the required conditions are fulfilled," said Dilip Sangat and Sanjay Naragude, assistant commissioners (food), FDA Pune who carried out the action.
The raids were conducted by a team of food safety inspectors including Nilesh Khose, Rajendra Kakade, Ramakant Kulkarni, Sachin Aadhav, Avinash Dabhade, Sayali Patwardhan and Shubhangi Baravkar.
The increased demand for processed drinking water has resulted in proliferation of packaged drinking water plants. To make easy money, some plant owners' compromise on the quality of water, which can put people's lives at risk, FDA officials said.
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