Food and drug administration seals fake mineral water factory in Kapurthala

P S Walia

Kapurthala March 14

The Food and Drug Administration Department today sealed a factory here which was engaged in the business of packaged drinking water without having mandatory BIS certification, officials said.

The factory did not have the mandatory BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) certificate & the FSSAI licence, they said.
The team was headed by Sukhwinder Singh Assistant Commissioner along with Food safety officials raided the factory and recovered 140 cartons of packaged drinking water containing 24 cups of 200 ml each, several empty cases, three machines installed for packaging water along with other material to be used in packing and sealing.

The premises were sealed after the team took one sample of packaged drinking water without any brand.
The commissioner told that factory was doing water packaging business for the past more than three years.
The department destroyed the packed cartoons and sent the samples for analysis for taking legal action against the owner.

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