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Packaged drinking water in India is now a 'high-risk food': Here's why

India's Food Safety Authority has reclassified packaged drinking water as 'high-risk food', triggering stricter safety checks and audits to ensure consumer health and product quality

FSSAI reclassifies packaged drinking water, mineral water as high-risk food

The FSSAI has reclassified packaged drinking water and mineral water as a high-risk food category, mandating stricter regulatory controls and annual facility inspections. The move, effective immediately following an order dated November 29, requires manufacturers to undergo mandatory third-party food safety audits and comply with enhanced quality standards. Central licence holders in this category must now submit to annual inspections aimed at mitigating potential health risks associated with packaged water production. The reclassification by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) follows recent amendments to the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011, which previously removed mandatory BIS certification requirements for certain food products. The reclassification is designed to strengthen consumer protection and maintain rigorous quality control in the packaged water industry.

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The government has sought explanation from companies selling packaged mineral water over different MRPs of bottles for various places and directed that the sale price should be same at airports, hotels and malls.Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today tweeted that the consumer forum under his ministry have been receiving complaints relating to different MRP being charged for packaged mineral water at different places.He further tweeted that it came to notice that the companies had printed different MRPs for selling the same bottle at different places like hotels and airports.The ministry had sought explanations from such companies on different MRPs of the same water bottle, he tweeted."Mineral water bottle will be available at the same rate at airports, hotels and malls," he tweeted.In October last year, Paswan had said that sale of packaged water and soft drinks above MRP (Maximum Retail Price) -- including at airports, multiplexes and hotels -- would attract ...

Govt warns of action against sale of packaged water above MRP

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