Lok Sabha Question No. 187 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-02
Subject: Quality of Bottled Mineral Water
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 187 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND FEBRUARY, 2018

## QUALITY OF BOTTLED M INERAL WATER

## 187. SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of the companies involved in the production and selling of mineral water in the country; State - wise;
- (b) whether the Government has appointed any regulator to check the quality of bottled wate r;
- (c) if so, whether any complaints pertaining to bottling of contaminated water and selling the same by these companies have been received; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State - wisealong with the action taken thereon?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a): As per information available through Food Licensing and Registration System (FLRS) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the State - wise details of licences issued under the Food Safety and Standards Act,  2006 to Food Business Operators engaged in busi of Mineral Water is at Annexure -I.
- (b): FSSAI established under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 is a regulatory authorit regu late the food businesses for quality of food including packaged water.
- (c) & (d): Cases  of  sale  of  packaged  mineral  water/drinking  water  for  not  meeting  t prescribed standards has come to the notice of FSSAI. Consequently, Commissioners of Food Safetyof States/UTs have been advised by FSSAI to undertake strict enforcement activitie regular basis so that  unauthorized manufacture and sale of packaged drinking water wi FSSAI/BIS mark in States/UTs is checked and FBOs carrying out such activity a re dealt with in accordance with law. As per the information available from State/UT Governments, the detail of samples of Packaged Drinking Water/ Mineral Water collected, tested, found not confor to prescribed norms and action taken during the last three years are at ann xure - II,  III  & IV respectively.

Number of licenses issued to FBOs engaged in business of Mineral Water under FSS Act, 2006

| S.No        | STATE                                   | CENTRAL LICENSES   | STATE LICENSES   |
|-------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------|------------------|
| 1.          | Andhra Pradesh A&N Islands              | 0                  | 20 1             |
|             | Assam                                   |                    |                  |
| 2. 3. 4.    |                                         | 0 3 1              |                  |
| 5.          |                                         |                    | 11 11            |
| 6.          | Bihar                                   |                    |                  |
|             | Chandigarh Chhattisgarh                 | 0                  | 1 3              |
|             |                                         | 1 0                | 86               |
| 7.          | Delhi                                   |                    |                  |
| 8. 9.       | Dadra &N.H. Daman &Diu Goa              | 0                  | 3                |
|             |                                         | 0 0                | 3 1              |
| 10.         |                                         |                    | 101              |
| 11.         | Gujarat                                 | 7                  | 22               |
| 12. 13.     | Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu &Kashmir | 11 12 0            |                  |
|             | Jharkhand                               |                    | 17 19 3          |
| 14.         |                                         |                    |                  |
| 15.         | Karnataka                               | 0                  | 122 132          |
| 16. 17.     |                                         | 3 0 1              |                  |
|             | Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra       |                    | 57               |
| 18.         | Manipur                                 | 22                 | 333 1            |
| 19. 20. 21. |                                         | 0 0                |                  |
| 22.         | Meghalaya Mizoram                       |                    | 4                |
|             |                                         | 0                  |                  |
|             |                                         |                    | 1 5 9            |
| 23.         | Odisha Puducherry Punjab                | 2 0                |                  |
| 24.         |                                         | 11 6               | 21               |
| 25. 26. 27. | Rajasthan Tamil                         | 3                  | 387              |
|             | Nadu Telangana                          |                    |                  |
|             |                                         |                    | 80 95            |
| 28. 29. 30. |                                         | 2 1 7              | 1                |
| 31.         | Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand       | 1                  | 449 15           |
| 32.         | West Bengal                             | 7                  | 9                |
|             | Total                                   | 101                | 2023             |

Source

: Food Licensing and Registration System (FLRS).

| Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2014-2015   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2014-2015   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2014-2015   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2014-2015   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2014-2015   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2014-2015   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2014-2015   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2014-2015   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2014-2015   |
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| Sr. No.                                                                                                   | Name of the State/U.T.                                                                                    | Total No. of samples                                                                                      | No. of Samples Analysed                                                                                   | No. of Samples found adulterated and Misbranded                                                           | No. of Cases Launched                                                                                     | No. of Cases Launched                                                                                     | No. of Convictions/ Penalties                                                                             | No. of Convictions/ Penalties                                                                             |
|                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | taken                                                                                                     |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | Criminal                                                                                                  | Civil                                                                                                     | Convictions                                                                                               | Penalties/ Amount raised in Rupees                                                                        |
| 1.                                                                                                        | A & N Islands                                                                                             | 1                                                                                                         | 54                                                                                                        | 38                                                                                                        | 19                                                                                                        | 20                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           | 1, 10, 000                                                                                                |
| 2.                                                                                                        | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                            | 54                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | Rs.                                                                                                       |                                                                                                           |
| 3.                                                                                                        | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                         | 2                                                                                                         | 2                                                                                                         | 10                                                                                                        | 7                                                                                                         | 1                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 4.                                                                                                        | Assam                                                                                                     | 59 19                                                                                                     | 59                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 5.                                                                                                        | Bihar                                                                                                     |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | 2                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 6.                                                                                                        | Chandigarh                                                                                                | 2                                                                                                         | 1 2                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 7.                                                                                                        | Chhattisgarh                                                                                              |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 8.                                                                                                        | Goa                                                                                                       | 15 14 73                                                                                                  | 15 9                                                                                                      | 7 2                                                                                                       |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                         | 52500                                                                                                     |
| 9.                                                                                                        | Gujarat                                                                                                   |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | 15                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 10.                                                                                                       | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                          | 9                                                                                                         | 74 17                                                                                                     | 1                                                                                                         | 2 1                                                                                                       | 21 1                                                                                                      | 1                                                                                                         | 10/Rs. Rs. 1000                                                                                           |
| 11.                                                                                                       | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                           | 16                                                                                                        | 14                                                                                                        | 1                                                                                                         | 2                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 12.                                                                                                       | Jharkhand                                                                                                 | 4                                                                                                         | 3                                                                                                         | 3                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 13.                                                                                                       | Karnataka                                                                                                 |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | 29                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           | 3                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 14.                                                                                                       | Kerala                                                                                                    | 44                                                                                                        | 43 16 57                                                                                                  |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | 4 4                                                                                                       |                                                                                                           |
| 15.                                                                                                       | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                            | 17 58                                                                                                     |                                                                                                           | 3 13                                                                                                      | 2                                                                                                         | 11                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 16.                                                                                                       | Maharashtra                                                                                               | 117 1                                                                                                     | 89                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           | 5                                                                                                         | 10                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           | 75, 000                                                                                                   |
| 17.                                                                                                       | Meghalaya                                                                                                 | 5                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           | 29                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | 2 Rs.                                                                                                     |                                                                                                           |
| 18.                                                                                                       | Nagaland                                                                                                  |                                                                                                           | 5                                                                                                         | 15                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 19.                                                                                                       | Orissa                                                                                                    | 92 18                                                                                                     | 92                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 20.                                                                                                       | Puducherry                                                                                                |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 21.                                                                                                       | Punjab                                                                                                    |                                                                                                           | 18                                                                                                        | 1                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | 79, 500                                                                                                   |
| 22.                                                                                                       | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                | 102 58                                                                                                    | 101 57                                                                                                    | 22                                                                                                        | 12                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 23.                                                                                                       | Tripura                                                                                                   | 6                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           | 34 1                                                                                                      | 4                                                                                                         | 7                                                                                                         | 8 Rs.                                                                                                     |                                                                                                           |
| 24.                                                                                                       | West Bengal                                                                                               | 20                                                                                                        | 6                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                           | Total:                                                                                                    |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | 806                                                                                                       | 734                                                                                                       | 226                                                                                                       | 54                                                                                                        | 76                                                                                                        | 16                                                                                                        | 14/ Rs. 3, 18, 000                                                                                        |

Source- States/UTs .

Source- States/UTs

Annexure-III

| Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2015-2016   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2015-2016   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2015-2016   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2015-2016   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2015-2016   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2015-2016   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2015-2016   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2015-2016   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2015-2016   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.                                                                                                   | Name of the State/U.T.                                                                                    | Total No. of samples                                                                                      | No. of Samples Analysed                                                                                   | No. of Samples found adulterated and Misbranded                                                           | No. of Cases Launched                                                                                     | No. of Cases Launched                                                                                     | No. of Convictions/ Penalties                                                                             | No. of Convictions/ Penalties                                                                             |
|                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | taken                                                                                                     |                                                                                                           | 26                                                                                                        | Criminal                                                                                                  | Civil                                                                                                     | Convictions                                                                                               | Penalties/ Amount raised in Rupees 10/ 230000                                                             |
| 1.                                                                                                        | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                            | 44                                                                                                        | 44                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           | 12                                                                                                        | 11                                                                                                        | 2                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           |
| 2.                                                                                                        | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                         | 4                                                                                                         | 4                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         |
| 3.                                                                                                        | Bihar                                                                                                     | 17                                                                                                        | 12 11                                                                                                     | 1 0                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                         | 2                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 4.                                                                                                        | Goa                                                                                                       | 9                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | 16/1060000                                                                                                |
| 5.                                                                                                        | Gujarat                                                                                                   | 123                                                                                                       | 127                                                                                                       | 59                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           | 29 9                                                                                                      |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 6.                                                                                                        | Haryana                                                                                                   | 48                                                                                                        | 44                                                                                                        | 2                                                                                                         | 0 1                                                                                                       |                                                                                                           | 11                                                                                                        | 1/30100                                                                                                   |
| 7.                                                                                                        | Karnataka                                                                                                 |                                                                                                           | 34                                                                                                        | 4                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         |
| 8.                                                                                                        | Kerala                                                                                                    | 34                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 9.                                                                                                        | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                            | 64 95                                                                                                     | 53 91                                                                                                     | 16 35                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                         | 20                                                                                                        | 4                                                                                                         | 5/110000                                                                                                  |
| 10.                                                                                                       | Maharashtra                                                                                               | 134 5                                                                                                     | 148                                                                                                       | 102                                                                                                       | 18                                                                                                        | 11                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           | 4/148500                                                                                                  |
| 11.                                                                                                       | Orissa                                                                                                    |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           |
| 12.                                                                                                       | Puducherry                                                                                                | 8                                                                                                         | 5 8                                                                                                       | 1 0                                                                                                       | 0 6                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         |
| 13.                                                                                                       | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | 10 11                                                                                                     | 10/109500                                                                                                 |
| 14.                                                                                                       | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                             | 56 104                                                                                                    | 56 130                                                                                                    | 22                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           | 12                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                           | Total:                                                                                                    | 745                                                                                                       | 767                                                                                                       | 77 345                                                                                                    | 0 37                                                                                                      | 45 139                                                                                                    | 39                                                                                                        | 18/1361000 64/3049100                                                                                     |

| Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2016-2017   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2016-2017   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2016-2017   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2016-2017   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2016-2017   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2016-2017   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2016-2017   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2016-2017   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water/Mineral Water for the year 2016-2017   |
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| Sr. No.                                                                                                   | Name of the State/U.T.                                                                                    | Total No. of samples                                                                                      | No. of Samples Analysed                                                                                   | No. of Samples found adulterated and Misbranded                                                           | No. of Cases Launched                                                                                     | No. of Cases Launched                                                                                     | No. of Convictions/ Penalties                                                                             | No. of Convictions/ Penalties                                                                             |
|                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | taken                                                                                                     |                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                         | Criminal                                                                                                  | Civil                                                                                                     | Convictions                                                                                               | Penalties/ Amount raised in Rupees                                                                        |
| 1.                                                                                                        | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                         | 4                                                                                                         | 4                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         |
| 2.                                                                                                        | Assam                                                                                                     | 12 1                                                                                                      | 12                                                                                                        | 7 1                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                         | 1                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 3.                                                                                                        | Chandigarh                                                                                                |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 4.                                                                                                        | Dadra & N.H.                                                                                              | 2                                                                                                         | 1 2                                                                                                       |                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         |
| 5.                                                                                                        | Goa                                                                                                       |                                                                                                           | 20                                                                                                        | 0 6                                                                                                       |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | 297000                                                                                                    |
| 6.                                                                                                        | Gujarat                                                                                                   | 22 104                                                                                                    | 102                                                                                                       |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | 21 7                                                                                                      |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 7.                                                                                                        | Haryana                                                                                                   | 37                                                                                                        | 34                                                                                                        | 30 10                                                                                                     | 0 3                                                                                                       |                                                                                                           | 4                                                                                                         | 10/Rs. 1/Rs. 40000                                                                                        |
| 8.                                                                                                        | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                          | 9                                                                                                         | 9                                                                                                         | 21                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 9.                                                                                                        | Karnataka                                                                                                 |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 10.                                                                                                       | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                            | 49 52                                                                                                     | 49 51                                                                                                     | 15                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                         | 12                                                                                                        | 3                                                                                                         | 4/Rs. 20000                                                                                               |
| 11.                                                                                                       | Meghalaya                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                         | 1                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                         |
| 12.                                                                                                       | Puducherry                                                                                                |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | 25                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                         |                                                                                                           |
| 13.                                                                                                       | Punjab                                                                                                    | 41                                                                                                        | 41 188                                                                                                    |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | 13                                                                                                        |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |
| 14.                                                                                                       | Rajasthan                                                                                                 | 198 30 179                                                                                                | 30 151                                                                                                    | 17 11 80                                                                                                  | 6 7                                                                                                       | 4                                                                                                         | - 0                                                                                                       | - 0                                                                                                       |
| 15.                                                                                                       | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           |                                                                                                           | 30                                                                                                        | 25                                                                                                        | 26                                                                                                        | 25/Rs. 348500                                                                                             |
| 16.                                                                                                       | Tripura                                                                                                   | 2                                                                                                         | 2                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                         |
|                                                                                                           | Total:                                                                                                    | 743                                                                                                       | 697                                                                                                       | 224                                                                                                       | 48                                                                                                        | 83                                                                                                        | 33                                                                                                        | 40/7,05,500                                                                                               |

Source- States/UTs.