Chennai Corporation Seized Substandard Water Sachets
The Chennai Corporation’s public health department seized 38,750 substandard water sachets from several residential colonies. Local assistant health officers led a team of officials, including sanitary officers, conservancy inspectors and conservancy workers, and visited petty shops. The team also found that 203 water cans, and 795 artificially-flavored juices and buttermilk sachets were of substandard quality. They were later destroyed at the notified dumping yards, an official press release said.
The raids took place in Tondiarpet, Washermenpet, Royapuram, Vysarpadi, Perambur and Pulianthope in north Chennai, Anna Nagar, Aminjikarai and Virugambakkam in the Kilpauk zone, besides Adyar, Mandaveli, Saidapet, Mylapore, Velachery and T Nagar in south Chennai. More than 300 shops were targeted. Many of the sachets didn’t have the date of manufacturing, ‘best before use’ date and batch number of the product printed on the wrapper.
The corporation has requested the public to look for details like date of manufacturing, batch number and best-before-use date on the wrappers before purchase.
“The packaged water was found to be unfit for consumption and 32 samples were lifted for tests at Public Analyst Laboratory,” said an official. The officials also seized 795 kg of contaminated food sold in road-side eateries.
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