Food and Drug Administration closes two more packaged water plants

PUNE: Officials of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) closed down two packaged drinking water plants located in Pimple Gurav and Malwadi as they were operating without licences.

"The owners have been directed not to operate the plants till they meet all the required compliances," said Shashikant Kekare, joint commissioner (food), FDA.

Licences from the Bureau of Indian Standards and Food Safety and Standards Authority of India are prerequisites to run a packaged drinking water plant.

Food safety officials Sachin Adhav, Rajendra Kakde and Avinash Dabhade carried out the raids under the guidance of assistant commissioners Dilip Sangat and Shivkumar Kodgire.

"We have also drawn samples of the processed water and sent them for testing," Sangat said. On June 23, the FDA had closed down three packaged drinking water plants in Baramati for operating without licences.