Lok Sabha Question No. 2074 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-06
Subject: Bottled Drinking Water
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: OM PRAKASH YADAV

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2074 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH MAY, 2016

## BOTTLED DRINKING WAT ER

## 2074. SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV:

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

(a)  whether  unlicenced  and  poor  quality  bottled  drinking  mineral  water  is  being  sold country;

(b) if so, the details thereof and number of complaints received during each of the last along wit h the action taken against the defaulters;

(c) whether the Government has formulated norms for bottled drinking water;

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(e)  the  steps  taken  to  standardise the  production  and  ensure  supply  of  good  quality  bottled drinking water in the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

(a)  &  (b): As  per  Regulation  2.3.14  (17)  &  (18)    of  the  Food  Safety  and  Standard (Proh ibition and Restriction on sales) Regulations, 2011, no person can  manufacture, sell or exhibit for sale packaged drinking water and mineral water except under the Bureau of I Standards  Certification  Mark.  However, reports  about  some  Food  Business Operators / manufactur ing selling packaged drinking water without Food Safety and Standards Authorit of India (FSSAI)/Bureau of Indian Standards certification mark have come to notice. As per information made available by State/UT Governments to FSSAI, t he number  of samples of packaged drinking water and mineral water collected, tested, found not conforming (incl unlicensed)  and action taken  during the year 2013 - 14 and 2014 - 15  is at Annexure - I and II.

(c) & (d):The Standards of mineral wate r and packaged drinking water have been prescribed under Regulation 2.10.7 and 2.10.8 of the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Stand and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011.

(e):  The  implementation  and  enforcement  of  the  Food  Safety  and  Standards Act,  2006  and regulations thereunder primarily rests with the State/ UT Governments. Surveillance, monitoring, inspection  and  r andom sampling  of  food  products  including  packaged  drinking  water    is undertaken by the officials of Food Safety Departments of the respective States/ UTs to compliance of the standards laid down under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and regul ations thereunder. In cases,  where the food samples are found to be non - conforming to the prescribed standards, recourse is taken to penal provisions under Chapter IX of the FS 2006.

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## Annexure - I

| Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packa ged Drinking Water for the year 2013 - 2014   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packa ged Drinking Water for the year 2013 - 2014   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packa ged Drinking Water for the year 2013 - 2014   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packa ged Drinking Water for the year 2013 - 2014   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packa ged Drinking Water for the year 2013 - 2014   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packa ged Drinking Water for the year 2013 - 2014   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packa ged Drinking Water for the year 2013 - 2014   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packa ged Drinking Water for the year 2013 - 2014   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packa ged Drinking Water for the year 2013 - 2014   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.                                                                                        | Name of the State/U.T.                                                                         | Total No. of samples taken                                                                     | No. of Samples Analyse d                                                                       | No. of Samples found adulterated and Misbranded                                                | No. of Cases Launched                                                                          | No. of Cases Launched                                                                          | No. of Convictions/ Penalties                                                                  | No. of Convictions/ Penalties                                                                  |
| Sr. No.                                                                                        | Name of the State/U.T.                                                                         | Total No. of samples taken                                                                     | No. of Samples Analyse d                                                                       | No. of Samples found adulterated and Misbranded                                                | Crimin al                                                                                      | Civil                                                                                          | Conviction s                                                                                   | Penalties/ Amount raised in Rupees                                                             |
| 1.                                                                                             | A & N Islands                                                                                  |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 2.                                                                                             | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                 | 149                                                                                            | 149                                                                                            | 108                                                                                            | 63                                                                                             | 36                                                                                             | Rs.                                                                                            | 8, 49, 150                                                                                     |
| 3.                                                                                             | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                              | 4                                                                                              | 4                                                                                              |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 4.                                                                                             | Assam                                                                                          | 35                                                                                             | 35                                                                                             | 12                                                                                             | -                                                                                              |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 5.                                                                                             | Bihar                                                                                          |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 6.                                                                                             | Chandigarh                                                                                     |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 7.                                                                                             | Chhattisgarh                                                                                   | 9                                                                                              | 9                                                                                              | 5                                                                                              |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 8.                                                                                             | Dadra & N.H.                                                                                   |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 9.                                                                                             | Daman & Diu                                                                                    |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 10.                                                                                            | Delhi                                                                                          |                                                                                                | 2                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 11.                                                                                            | Goa                                                                                            | 37                                                                                             | 37                                                                                             | 5                                                                                              |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 12.                                                                                            | Gujarat                                                                                        | 108                                                                                            | 100                                                                                            | 44                                                                                             |                                                                                                | 22                                                                                             | 1                                                                                              |                                                                                                |
| 13.                                                                                            | Haryana                                                                                        | 40                                                                                             | 40                                                                                             | 12                                                                                             |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 14.                                                                                            | Himachal Pradesh                                                                               |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 15.                                                                                            | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                | 58                                                                                             | 70                                                                                             | 2                                                                                              |                                                                                                | 1                                                                                              | 1                                                                                              | Rs. 5000                                                                                       |
| 16.                                                                                            | Jharkhand                                                                                      | 37                                                                                             | 25                                                                                             | 4                                                                                              | 2                                                                                              |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 17.                                                                                            | Karnataka                                                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 18.                                                                                            | Kerala                                                                                         | 34                                                                                             | 29                                                                                             |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 19.                                                                                            | Lakshadwee p                                                                                   |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 20.                                                                                            | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                 | 62                                                                                             | 61                                                                                             | 17                                                                                             |                                                                                                | 13                                                                                             |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 21.                                                                                            | Maharashtra                                                                                    | 63                                                                                             | 63                                                                                             | 39                                                                                             | 7                                                                                              | 3                                                                                              | 2                                                                                              |                                                                                                |
| 22.                                                                                            | Manipur                                                                                        |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 23.                                                                                            | Meghalaya                                                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
|                                                                                                | Mizoram                                                                                        |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 24.                                                                                            |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 25.                                                                                            | Nagaland                                                                                       | 10                                                                                             | 10                                                                                             |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 26.                                                                                            | Orissa                                                                                         |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 27.                                                                                            | Puducherry                                                                                     | 2128                                                                                           | 2128                                                                                           | 290                                                                                            |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 28.                                                                                            | Punjab                                                                                         | 122                                                                                            | 119                                                                                            | 10                                                                                             | 1                                                                                              |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 29.                                                                                            | Rajasthan                                                                                      |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 30.                                                                                            | Sikkim                                                                                         |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 31.                                                                                            | Tamil Nadu                                                                                     | 19                                                                                             | 19                                                                                             | 8                                                                                              |                                                                                                | 1                                                                                              | 1                                                                                              | Rs. 10, 000                                                                                    |
| 32.                                                                                            | Tripura                                                                                        |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 33.                                                                                            | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                  | 71                                                                                             | 71                                                                                             | 20                                                                                             |                                                                                                | 19                                                                                             | Rs.                                                                                            | 2, 15, 000                                                                                     |
| 34.                                                                                            | Uttarakhand                                                                                    | 17                                                                                             | 6                                                                                              | 1                                                                                              |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
| 35.                                                                                            | West Bengal                                                                                    |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
|                                                                                                | Total:                                                                                         | 3003                                                                                           | 2977                                                                                           | 577                                                                                            | 73                                                                                             | 96                                                                                             | 4                                                                                              |                                                                                                |

## Annexure - II

| Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water for the year 2014 - 2015   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water for the year 2014 - 2015   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water for the year 2014 - 2015   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water for the year 2014 - 2015   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water for the year 2014 - 2015   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water for the year 2014 - 2015   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water for the year 2014 - 2015   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water for the year 2014 - 2015   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report of Packaged Drinking Water for the year 2014 - 2015   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.                                                                                       | Name of the State/U.T.                                                                        | Total No. of samples taken                                                                    | No. of Samples Analyse d                                                                      | No. of Samples found adulterated and Misbranded                                               | No. of Cases Launched                                                                         | No. of Cases Launched                                                                         | No. of Convictions/ Penalties                                                                 | No. of Convictions/ Penalties                                                                 |
|                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               | Crimin al                                                                                     | Civil                                                                                         | Conviction s                                                                                  | Penalties/ Amount raised in Rupees                                                            |
| 36.                                                                                           | A & N Islands                                                                                 | 1                                                                                             |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 37.                                                                                           | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                | 54                                                                                            | 54                                                                                            | 38                                                                                            | 19                                                                                            | 20                                                                                            | Rs.                                                                                           | 1, 10, 000                                                                                    |
| 38.                                                                                           | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                             | 2                                                                                             | 2                                                                                             |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 39.                                                                                           | Assam                                                                                         | 59                                                                                            | 59                                                                                            | 10                                                                                            | 7                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 40.                                                                                           | Bihar                                                                                         | 19                                                                                            | 1                                                                                             |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 41.                                                                                           | Chandigarh                                                                                    | 2                                                                                             | 2                                                                                             | 2                                                                                             |                                                                                               | 2                                                                                             |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 42.                                                                                           | Chhattisgarh                                                                                  | 15                                                                                            | 15                                                                                            | 7                                                                                             |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 43.                                                                                           | Dadra & N.H.                                                                                  |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 44.                                                                                           | Daman & Diu                                                                                   |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 45.                                                                                           | Delhi                                                                                         |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 46.                                                                                           | Goa                                                                                           | 14                                                                                            | 9                                                                                             | 2                                                                                             |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 47.                                                                                           | Gujarat                                                                                       | 73                                                                                            | 74                                                                                            | 15                                                                                            | 2                                                                                             | 21                                                                                            | 1                                                                                             | 10/Rs. 52500                                                                                  |
| 48.                                                                                           | Haryana                                                                                       |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 49.                                                                                           | Himachal Pradesh                                                                              | 9                                                                                             | 17                                                                                            | 1                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             |                                                                                               | 1                                                                                             | Rs. 1000                                                                                      |
| 50.                                                                                           | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                               | 16                                                                                            | 14                                                                                            | 1                                                                                             |                                                                                               | 1                                                                                             |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 51.                                                                                           | Jharkhand                                                                                     | 4                                                                                             | 3                                                                                             | 3                                                                                             | 2                                                                                             | 3                                                                                             |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 52.                                                                                           | Karnataka                                                                                     | 44                                                                                            | 43                                                                                            | 29                                                                                            |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 53.                                                                                           | Kerala                                                                                        | 17                                                                                            | 16                                                                                            | 3                                                                                             |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 54.                                                                                           | Lakshadwee p                                                                                  |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 55.                                                                                           | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                | 58                                                                                            | 57                                                                                            | 13                                                                                            | 2                                                                                             | 11                                                                                            | 4                                                                                             | 4                                                                                             |
| 56.                                                                                           | Maharashtra                                                                                   | 117                                                                                           | 89                                                                                            | 29                                                                                            | 5                                                                                             | 10                                                                                            | 2                                                                                             | Rs. 75, 000                                                                                   |
| 57.                                                                                           | Manipur                                                                                       |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 58.                                                                                           | Meghalaya                                                                                     | 1                                                                                             |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 59.                                                                                           | Mizoram                                                                                       |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 60.                                                                                           |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
|                                                                                               | Nagaland                                                                                      | 5                                                                                             | 5                                                                                             |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 61.                                                                                           | Orissa                                                                                        | 92                                                                                            | 92                                                                                            | 15                                                                                            |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 62.                                                                                           | Puducherry                                                                                    | 18                                                                                            | 18                                                                                            | 1                                                                                             |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 63.                                                                                           | Punjab                                                                                        | 102                                                                                           | 101                                                                                           | 22                                                                                            | 12                                                                                            |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 64.                                                                                           | Rajasthan                                                                                     |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 65.                                                                                           | Sikkim                                                                                        |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 66.                                                                                           | Tamil Nadu                                                                                    | 58                                                                                            | 57                                                                                            | 34                                                                                            | 4                                                                                             | 7                                                                                             | 8                                                                                             | Rs. 79, 500                                                                                   |
| 67.                                                                                           | Tripura                                                                                       | 6                                                                                             |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 68.                                                                                           | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                 |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 69.                                                                                           | Uttarakhand                                                                                   |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
| 70.                                                                                           | West Bengal                                                                                   | 20                                                                                            | 6                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
|                                                                                               | Total:                                                                                        |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |                                                                                               |
|                                                                                               |                                                                                               | 806                                                                                           | 734                                                                                           | 226                                                                                           | 54                                                                                            | 76                                                                                            | 16                                                                                            | 14/ Rs. 3, 18, 000                                                                            |