Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to issue showcause notice to three noted packaged drinking water companies, after its food safety officers stumbled upon coliform bacteria in jars of these companies.
The civic body will also initiate legal steps against a number of companies dealing with packaged drinking water, even though they do not possess proper licence.
"The showcause notice will demand an explanation on the part of these companies as to why coliform bacteria, much above the permissible limit, have been found in their packaged drinking water jars, despite them having the stamp of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). For the legal step against the unlicensed packaged water, we are waiting for the approval of the Food Safety Commissioner," Member, Mayor-in-Council (Health) Atin Ghosh said.
It may be mentioned that tests by the KMC laboratory had detected irregularities in as many as 12 of 15 bottles of packaged drinking water, three of them ostensibly from reputable brands. The samples were recovered after a joint raid by KMC food safety officers and the enforcement branch of state police.
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