Kishore Manandhar, president of the Nepal Bottled Water Industries
Association, said that they requested the department to extend the
deadline. “We asked for additional time to clear old stocks from the
market,” he said.
There are more than 200 licensed bottled water manufacturers in the
Kathmandu Valley alone. According to the association, the valley’s daily
requirement of bottled water amounts to 3 million litres.
The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC) has said
that bottled drinking water must be shrink wrapped in plastic from
mid-June, one month later than previously announced. The department said
it extended the deadline in order to give manufacturers ample time to
comply as the rule will be enforced strictly.
Spokesperson for the DFTQC Purna Chandra Wasti said they had extended
the deadline at the request of bottling plants. “The manufacturers said
that they had not been able to obtain adequate quantities of printed
shrink wraps within the time provided by the department,” he said.
Manufacturers will also be required to print the brand name and licence
number on the shrink wrap.
Presently, manufacturers have been using normal caps and not sealed caps
on water bottles. This has allowed unscrupulous retailers to refill
empty jars themselves instead of sending them back to the factory. The
new provision is expected to control sales of adulterated and impure
water.
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