Imphal: Most of the packaged
drinking water manufacturing units in Manipur have turned out to be dangerous
as they produced hazardous products that could result in fatality.
T Brojendro Khaba, Deputy Food Safety Commissioner, Directorate of Health,
said unsafe packaged drinking water could claim life so the higher authority
should look into it with seriousness.
Cases of toxic materials found in such bottled water have been continuously
appeared in various local dailies since early part of the current year however
nobody has ever tried to lodge a complaint in this regard to the Directorate
till date.
He appealed to the public to come to the Directorate if any food item or
packaged drinking water is found mixed up with poisonous particles, saying the
Food Safety authority of Manipur Government has the exclusive right to ban such
manufacturers after the state Government sends its proposal to the Directorate
to this effect.
Earlier, media reports had revealed about containing of toxic particles in
bottled drinking water.
Machineries used by these units are all given ISI recognition by the Bureau
of Indian Standards, but it is doubtful that if these units are buying ISIs through bribing, he said.
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