Question : PRODUCTION OF MINERAL WATER

(a) the details of the companies engaged in production of packaged mineral water having Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification;

(b) whether some unlicenced companies are also engaged in production and sale of packaged water;

(c) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto alongwith the law/rule under which they are operating; and

(d) the corrective steps taken in this regard?

MINISTER OF THE STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (PROF. K. V. THOMAS)

(a): At present, 19 companies are engaged in production of Packaged Natural Mineral Water (IS 13428) under BIS licence.

(b): No such case of production and sale of packaged mineral water has come to the notice of the Government.

(c) & (d): Do not arise.