PRODUCTION
OF BOTTLED WATER
Rajya Sabha
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
has so far granted 33 licences in Delhi and Noida for Packaged
Drinking Water as per IS 14543:1998. The Government of India in
the notifications No. GSR 759 (E) & GSR 760(E) dated 29th
September, 2000, issued by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,
have brought Natural Mineral Water and Packaged Drinking Water
under the compulsory certification scheme of Bureau of Indian
Standards (BIS) with effect from March 29, 2001. It is, therefore,
mandatory for Natural Mineral Water & Packaged Drinking Water
sold to India to carry the BIS Standards Mark. BIS has conducted
two search and seizure operations against manufacturers of Packaged
Drinking Water who were marking the product with the BIS Standard
Mark without a valid licence from BIS. Prosecution is being launched
by BIS against both the firms under the BIS Act. Action against
firms manufacturing Packaged Drinking Water without BIS Mark is
taken by the State Governments under the Prevention of Food Adulteration
Act.
This information was given in Rajya
Sabha today by Shri V. Sreenivasa Prasad, Minister of State for
Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution, in reply to a question
of Shri Kalraj Mishra.
