Lok Sabha Question No. 1262 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-18
Subject: Substandard Bottled Mineral Water
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: BHARAT SINGH

## Government of India

## Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Department of Consumer Affairs

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1262 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2018

## SUBSTANDARD BOTTLED MINERAL WATER

1262.  SHRI BHARAT SINGH: (OIH)

## Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  complaints  have  been  received  by  the  Government  from  the  non-licensed companies engaged in the production and sale of sub-standard quality of bottled drinking water/mineral water during the last two years; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the action taken so far against such companies?

## ANSWER

## miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k jkT; ea=h ¼Jh lh- vkj- pkS/kjh½

## THE MINISTER OF STATE CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

(a) & (b)  : While no complaints have been received from the non-licence companies engaged in the production  and  sale  of  substandard  quality  of  bottled  drinking  water/mineral  water,  there  have  been complaints received against such companies during the last two years.

Instances  of  sale  of  packaged  mineral  water/bottled  water  not  meeting  the  prescribed standards  has  come  to  the  notice  of  Food  Safety  and  Standards  Authority  of  India  (FSSAI).  As  the responsibility  of  enforcement  of  provisions  of  Food  Safety  and  Standards  Act,  2006  and  Rules  and Regulations  made  thereunder,  primarily  lies  with  States/UTs,  Commissioner  of  Food  Safety  of States/UTs have been advised by FSSAI from time to time to undertake strict enforcement activities packaged drinking water without FSSAI/BIS mark in States/UTs. FSSAI has further informed that as per  the  information  received  from  State/UT  Governments  (barring  some),  the  details  of  samples  of Packaged Drinking Water/ Mineral Water tested, found not conforming and action taken during the last two years is as under:

| Year    |   No. of Samples Analysed |   No. of Samples found non- conforming |   No. of cases launched | No. of Convictions/ Penalties   |
|---------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 2016-17 |                       697 |                                    224 |                     131 | 33/40                           |
| 2017-18 |                      1123 |                                    496 |                     246 | 97/135                          |

## ORIGINAL IN HINDI

Bureau  of  Indian  Standards  (BIS)  has  informed  that  complaints  have  been  received  against  nonlicensed  companies  engaged  in  the  production  and  sale  of  sub-standard  quality  of  bottled  drinking water/mineral water.  The details of which is as under :

| Sl. No.   | Product Name and IS No                                                       | No. of Sub-standard water Complaints during Jan. 2017-Dec.2018   | No. of Sub-standard water Complaints during Jan. 2017-Dec.2018    | No. of complaint regarding misuse of ISI mark during Jan. 2017-Dec.2018   | No. of complaint regarding misuse of ISI mark during Jan. 2017-Dec.2018   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|           |                                                                              | Recd.                                                            | Status                                                            | Recd.                                                                     | Status                                                                    |
| 1.        | IS 14543 Packaged Drinking Water (Other than Packaged Natural Mineral Water) | 37                                                               | 30 cases so far have been closed after carrying out investigation | 107                                                                       | 73 cases so far have been closed after carrying out investigation.        |
| 2.        | IS 13428 Packaged Natural Mineral Water                                      | Nil                                                              | NA                                                                | Nil                                                                       | NA                                                                        |