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Nine packaged water units face closure in Salem

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued notice to nine packaged drinking water units in the district asking them to stop production within seven days or face closure.
This comes in the wake of the direction from the National Green Tribunal that ordered the closure of units functioning without obtaining product approval and ISI certification.
Drinking water
These units were producing packaged drinking water and operating under the guise of flavoured water or herbal water in Salem, Kadayampatti, Ayothiapattanam, Attur and Tharamangalam. T. Anuradha, District Designated Officer, Food Safety and Health Administration Department told The Hindu that notices were issued to the units under Section 26, 27, 33, 36 (3) (a) (b) (l) of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
She added that the firms have to get their products approved by the FSSAI and also obtain no-objection certificate (NOC) to operate their units.
Expenses
Officials said that the expenses for ISI certification could be around Rs. 2 lakh per year and hence these units get licence from associations.

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