New Delhi, March 10: The director general of Bureau of Indian Standards has urged the health and family welfare ministry to amend specifications of packaged drinking and mineral water in line with the amendment carried out in BIS specifications, Rajya Sabha was informed today.
The BIS has now proposed revising the methods of analysis
to use internationally established test methods which could
detect proposed residue limits, health and family welfare
minister Sushma Swaraj said in a written reply.
The BIS has also proposed prescribing the maximum residue
limits of pesticides in packaged drinking and mineral water.
It said the manufacturers shall produce a no objection
certificate from the central government/state government
ground water authority for obtaining BIS certificate.
The minister said a draft notification for inviting
comments from the public to amend the standards of packaged
drinking and mineral water under Prevention of Food
Adulteration (PFA) rules, as recommended by BIS, has been
issued.
Thirty days have been given for receiving public comments
the minister said.
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