Check for ISI mark on water bottle

Food Safety Commissioner S.N. Jairam on Saturday came out with a shocking disclosure that nearly 60 per cent of the packaged drinking water in Bangalore city did not have ISI certification though rules make it mandatory.

“If the packaged drinking water does not have ISI mark, then it is meant for industrial use. It is mandatory on the part of the manufacturers to declare that such a product is for industrial purpose. But they are hoodwinking consumers by selling such a product to them for human consumption,” he said, and appealed to consumers to check for ISI mark on the container or bottles of packaged water before buying them. According to the law, licences of the shops that sell packaged drinking water without ISI certification could be cancelled, he said.