CHENNAI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is tightening safety standards for packaged drinking water and plans to come out with norms for spring natural water.
"There is some gap in the safety standards for packaged drinking water. At present there is no standard for spring natural water. We are working on that," said FSSAI CEO Pawan AgarwaI.
The move comes two months after the FSSAI issued notices to state authorities asking them to crack down on mineral water packaging units that are operating without its licence.
Last month, the food regulator gave a clean chit to PepsiCo, Coca Cola and Bisleri for their packaged water facilities, while crackdowns are underway on some smaller players operating without valid manufacturing licences.
Out of total 5,842 registered water packaging units, 1,495 have both BIS and FSSAI licences, while 4,347 units have only BIS certification, the regulator said.
Packaged water processors need to have BIS certification and FSSAI licence to start their operations.
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