Solids detected in packaged water; Mocking the BIS stamp
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 14 2012:
Raising another big question on the quality of packaged water bottles being sold in the State, some solid substances were found inside a pet mineral water bottle of "Evoke" brand manufactured by the Bisra Aqua Mineral.
One Thokchom Dhamendra of Heirok Part II bought a packaged water bottle of one litre capacity from a shop at Nagamapal Kangjabi Leirak this afternoon.
Just as he started gulping down the water, he detected some solid substances.
Dhamendra approached the shopkeeper and asked him to replace the water bottle with a new one.
But solid substances were found floating in all the sealed bottles too.
He also displayed before journalists the water bottle containing solid substances.
The shopkeeper said that he bought the water bottles from a hawker.
Ironically, the water bottles have levels which claimed that the product was recognised by BIS and that the water was purified using state of the art technology including sand filter, carbon filter, reverse osmosis, UV treatment and ozonisation.
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The "Evoke" brand of packaged water is manufactured by Bisra Aqua Mineral at 10 Takyel Industrial Estate, Imphal .
Bisra is owned by one RK Birendra of Sangaiprou Mamang Leikai.
Dhamendra who is also a social activist sought immediate attention of the authorities concerned to look into all the firms which are manufacturing packaged water and other eatable items.
If necessary, their trade licences should be cancelled, he demanded.