IMPHAL, Sep 23 NNN : 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, told NNN 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.
Khaba also said these units in the state need to follow a long procedure to produce packaged drinking water and it is not known whether they are actually maintaining it.
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