Lok Sabha Question No. 1784 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-08
Subject: Quality of Bottled Water
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE, TAMRADHWAJ SAHU

## Government of India Department of Consumer Affairs

## ORIGINAL IN HINDI

## Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1784

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.03.2016

## QUALITY OF BOTTLED WATER

1784.   SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE:

SHRI TAMRADHWAJ SAHU:

(OIH)

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- (a) whether Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has formulated any rules for production and sale of bottled mineral water and soft drink beverages and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  incidents  regarding  violation  of  the  said  parameters,  quality  and  presence  of pesticides in bottled water of various brands have been reported recently;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the remedial steps taken by the Government in this regard during the last three years;
- (d) whether there is any proposal to maintain uniform price of bottled water of all companies and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government/BIS proposes to change the parameters of testing bottled water and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI RAM VILAS PASWAN)

- (a) :  Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has formulated Indian Standards on Packaged Drinking Water  and  Packaged  Natural  Mineral  Water  which  are  under  mandatory  certification  under  the provisions of Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition And Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011.

BIS has also formulated Indian Standard on Carbonated beverages.

- (b) & (c) : During the last three years, there has been 2816 number of sample failures reported out of total  15508  samples  tested  relating  to the  quality  of  packaged  natural  mineral  water  and  packaged drinking water.  The details of the same is given in the Annexure .  No sample has failed on account of the presence of residue of pesticides.

Soft drink beverage is not under mandatory certification and at present no licence has been granted by BIS for soft drink beverages under BIS certification scheme.

As remedial steps, manufacturer is initially asked to take corrective action to improve their product. In case the corrective action is not satisfactory, stop marking is imposed.  If manufacture still does not take appropriate actions, the licence is cancelled.

- (d) : The price of Bottled Water is decided by manufacturers/packers/importers.
- (e) :  All Indian standards including those relating to bottled water and soft drink beverages are periodically reviewed and amended, if required.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)  &  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1784 FOR 8/03/2016 REGARDING QUALITY OF BOTTLED WATER.

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## Details of Sample failures for

## Packaged Natural Mineral Water & Packaged Drinking Water

## Samples of Packaged Natural Mineral Water (PNMW).

| Item                     |   2015-16 (up to 25- 02-2016) |   2014-15 |   2013-14 |
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Number of Samples tested |                            28 |        43 |        58 |
| Number of Samples failed |                             1 |         3 |         7 |

## Samples of Packaged Drinking Water (PDW)

| Item                     |   2015-16 (up to 25-02-2016) |   2014-15 |   2013-14 |
|--------------------------|------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Number of Samples tested |                         4562 |      5561 |      5256 |
| Number of Samples failed |                          776 |      1067 |       962 |

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