QUARTERLY REPORT BOTTLED WATER QUALITY (April-June, 2018)
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QUARTERLY REPORT BOTTLED WATER QUALITY (April-June, 2018) PAKISTAN COUNCIL OF RESEARCH IN WATER RESOURCES Ministry of Science & Technology Khyban-e-Johar, H-8/1, Islamabad. www.pcrwr.gov.pk April-June, 2018 SUMMARY The poor quality of drinking water has forced a large cross-section of citizens to buy bottled water. However, many of the mineral water companies were found selling contaminated water. To monitor and improve the quality of bottled water, the government of Pakistan through Ministry of Science and Technology has designated the task for quarterly monitoring of bottled/mineral water brands to PCRWR. According to the monitoring report for the quarter April-June, 2018 following is the brief overview of the findings. Quarterly Monitoring of Bottled/Mineral Water (April-June, 2018) Item No. % age Total No. of Brands Collected 85 - Overall Safe Brands 80 94% Overall Unsafe Brands 5 6% Chemically Safe Brands 85 100% Chemically Unsafe Brands 0 0% Microbiologically Safe Brands 80 94% Microbiologically Unsafe Brands 5 6% Name of Targeted Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Lahore, Bahawalpur, Tandojam, Quetta, Cities Karachi. Gourmet Foods: Gate # 1, Plot # 1-5, Sunder Industrial Estate, Gourmet Raiwind Sunder Road, Lahore, Pakistan. Aqua Super Life Aqua Super 30-C Naz Town, Lahore Life 0336-7777617 Frontier Botanical Research Laboratory (Pvt) Ltd Unsafe Brands SHIRAZ 107-A,Hayatabad Small Industrial Estate, Peshawar (Microbiologically) www.onelife.pk. Euro International: Aqua Splash 192-AIndustrial Estate, Hayatabad, Peshawar. Malik Food Industries:091-5001244 MARINA 1 April-June, 2018 INTRODUCTION Drinking water quality is deteriorating continually due to biological contamination from human waste, chemical pollutants from industries and agricultural inputs. Piped water also gets contaminated because pipes are laid very close to sewerage lines or open drains and cause many serious water borne diseases. It was found that 45% of infant deaths have been attributed to diarrhea and about 60% to overall infectious waterborne diseases in Pakistan. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 25-30% of the diseases are gastro-intestinal in nature. The poor quality of drinking water has forced a large cross-section of citizens to buy bottled water. As a consequence of this expanding market a mushroom growth of bottled water industry in the country is witnessed during the last few years. However, many of the mineral water companies were found selling contaminated water. To monitor and improve the quality of bottled water, the government of Pakistan has designated the PCRWR as focal point agency. 1. Ministry of Science & Technology informed PCRWR Vide U.O. No. 5(21)/2004- ATA-II dated 17.10.2005 that the Cabinet in its meeting under the chairmanship of Prime Minister directed Ministry of Science& Technology to undertake regular survey/samples of bottled/mineral water and publicize the results on a quarterly basis and follow up with punitive/legal action. 2. Ministry of Science & Technology has assigned the task of quality monitoring of bottled water and publicize the results to PCRWR Vide U.O. No.1(1)/2005-Secy (MoST) dated 8.12.2005. PCRWR SAMPLING METHODOLOGY No. of Brands 85 Collected No. of Cities 08 (Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Lahore, Bahawalpur, Quetta, Tando Jam, Targeted Karachi) Composition of Sampling Team One Research Officer and one Laboratory Assistants from PCRWR and As per MoU Signed Senior staff member and field officer from PSQCA. between PCRWR & PSQCA Samples of 85 commercially available brands of mineral/bottled water were collected from local market of 8 cities of Pakistan. These samples were collected by the senior staff members of National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL) of Sampling Procedure PCRWR Head Office and Regional/district Water Quality Laboratories of PCRWR during April-June, 2018. A set of four bottles of each brand was collected and sealed on site. Identification codes were allotted to all the brands according to PCRWR Bottled Water Classification System. Sample No. 1 Handed over to shopkeeper at the time of sample collection; Preserved in the National Water Quality Laboratory of PCRWR, Sample No. 2 Transparency Islamabad for future record. Sample No. 3 Used for Microbiological Analysis Sample No. 4 Used for Physico-chemical Analysis 2 April-June, 2018 PCRWR BOTTLED WATER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM Brand Name PCRWR City Date of Date of Size Name & Address Manufacturer’s Address Code Collection Expiry of Seller/Shop Keeper Qalandari Head Office: Tower Market 0.6 Communication Noble BWR-01 Tando Jam 21/05/2018 12/2019 Hakeem Habib Road, Liter Main Road, Hyderabad Matiari Bissmillah Nestle Pure 0.5 General Store Bottled By Nestle Pakistan BWR-02 Tando Jam 21/05/2018 09/2019 Life Liter Main Road Ltd. 308-Upper Mall, Lahore ,Matiari Bissmillah Bottled By: Mega fine 0.6 General Store Water Plus BWR-03 Tando Jam 21/05/2018 12/2020 industries Plot# A-79,Industrial Liter Main Road, Area Malir Karachi Matiari Bissmillah Head Office:A-84,Tando Meer 0.6 General Store Re-Fine BWR-04 Tando Jam 21/05/2018 - Ghulam Hussain Unit#9 Liter Main Road, Latifabad Hyderabad Sindh Matiari Muzamil Medical 0.6 Aqua Hayat BWR-05 Tando Jam 21/05/2018 - Store Shahi Bazar Street No.9 Clifton Karachi Liter Chowk ,Matiari New 786 General 0.6 Do Aab Water BWR-06 Karachi 12/06/2018 06/2018 Store, Block-18, - Liter Perfume Chowk. Al-Rehmat Store, 0.6 Gulistan-e-Johar, Quality Drinking Water a Pure 18 BWR-07 Karachi 11/06/2018 - Liter Block-10, Product of Bawany Group. Karachi. Sawabi General 0.6 Store, Shah Faisal A Product of Noor-ul-ain Aqua Ayolam BWR-08 Karachi 12/06/2018 - Liter Colony No.01, Enterprises Karachi. Abdul Qadeer Mega Fine Industries: Plot A- 0.6 General Store, Yes BWR-09 Karachi 11/06/2018 12/2018 79, Industrial Area, Malir Liter Malir Cantt. No.6, Karachi Karachi. Subhan Allah A Product Of Popular Food 0.6 General Store, Industries Ltd. 311 Chapal Popular Maza BWR-10 Karachi 11/06/2018 04/2018 Liter Gulistan-e-Johar, Plaza Off 1.1 Chandigarh Block-4, Karachi Road, Karachi Al-Hameed Communication Bottled By: Makkah 0.6 Shop, Rafi Green Droplet BWR-11 Karachi 12/06/2018 - International Block 1- Liter City, Block-18, A,Gulshan-e-Johar Karachi near Peshawr Chowk Head Office:ST-B-2,Block-19 Nizam General Gulistan-e-ali Al-Noor More 0.6 Pure Aqua BWR-12 Karachi 12/06/2018 12/2019 Store, Shah Faisal F.B Area, Karachi Liter Town, Karachi-3. www.pureaqua.com.pk 0308-2416521 Sawabi General Head 0.6 Store, Shah Faisal Safe Life BWR-13 Karachi 12/06/2018 - Office:Plot#411,M.Colony, Liter Colony No.01, Garden West, Karachi Karachi. Bismillah Shop, Bottled by: ABS Enterprises B- 0.6 ABS Minerals BWR-14 Karachi 12/06/2018 - Johar More, 16, A, E.C.H.S Block-8, Liter Karachi. Gulistan-e-Johar, Karachi. Shop No.A-2,A-3 Sajjad Karyana Foundation Blessing Block 0.6 Store, Gulistan-e- Aquench BWR-15 Karachi 11/06/2018 - No.2,Gulshan-e-Johar New Liter Johar, Block-10, Sara Banquet University Karachi. Road Karachi Rashid Khan Ice 0.6 Shop, Gulistan-e- Crystal Maya BWR-16 Karachi 11/06/2018 12/2020 A Product of Asghar and Sons Liter Johar, Block-10, Karachi. 3 April-June, 2018 Brand Name PCRWR City Date of Date of Size Name & Address Manufacturer’s Address Code Collection Expiry of Seller/Shop Keeper Jan Super Store, Address: S-1, Ground Floor, 0.6 Gulistan-e-Johar, West Land Trade Centre, Mag Life BWR-17 Karachi 11/06/2018 Liter Block-10, Block7-b, Shaheed-e-Millat Karachi. Road, K.C.H.S Karachi. Madina Bottles(Pvt)Ltd Aamir General 0.6 0/3 Elahi Ware house Sector,7- Orion BWR-18 Karachi 11/06/2018 - Store, Malir Cantt. Liter A Korangi Industrial Area No.6, Karachi. Karachi Mega Fine Industries: Plot Abdul Majeed No.A-79,Malir Industrial Area 1.5 General Store, Jel BWR-19 Karachi 11/06/2018 12/2020 Malir Karachi Liter Malir Cantt. No.6, E-mail: Karachi. [email protected] A Product of Douro Bismillah General International: 1.5 Store, Gulistan-e- Douro BWR-20 Karachi 11/06/2018 12/2020 Plot#C-14, Sultan Road, F.B Liter Johar, Block-10, Area Karachi Karachi. 0314-3442577 Jan Super Store, Al-Safrrat 1.5 Gulistan-e-Johar, International:Plot#68,Site Al-Sahar BWR-21 Karachi 11/06/2018 - Liter Block-10, Super Highway International Karachi. Area Karachi A Product of Z.M Gul Super Store 1.5 Enterprises:N-5,Block No.13 Every BWR-22 Quetta 30/05/2018 - Near ,B.M.C Liter KDA Scheme 16 F.B Industrial Hospital Area Karachi Bottled Under Authority of Al-Madina Super The Coca Cola Company By 1.5 General Store coca-cola Beverages Pakistan Dasani BWR-23 Quetta 30/05/2018 04/2019 Liter Jinnah Town Ltd.(CCBPL)26,FCC,Syed Quetta Maratab Ali Road, Gulberg IV, Lahore, Pakistan Diamond Bakery Filled by: Mezan 1.5 Pure Next BWR-24 Quetta 31/05/2018 03/2019 Sabzal Road, Beverages(Pvt)Ltd Liter Quetta 45 km,Multan Road, Lahore Al Aska Bakers & Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan 1.5 Kinley BWR-25 Quetta 31/05/2018 10/2018 G.Store Samungli Ltd (CCBPL) 5-E-II Gulberg Liter Housing Quetta III, Lahore Pakistan. Diamond Bakery 1.5 Bottled by:S&G Brothers I pure BWR-26 Quetta 31/05/2018 - Sabzal Road, Liter [email protected] Quetta Al-Madina Super Purified & Filled By Pakistan 1.5 General Store Beverages Ltd.Survey#212, Aquafina BWR-27 Quetta 30/05/2018 04/2018 Liter Jinnah Town Deh Konkar, District Malir, Quetta Karachi Al Asif Medical Marketed By: ZAUHRAS 1.5 Store Mona Aqua Hygienic BWR-28 Quetta 30/05/2018 06/2019 Plot#2,Street#12,Faisal Town, Liter Chowk Jinnah Brewery Road, Quetta Road Quetta Al-Madina Super J&B Group Quetta Cool Aqua 1.5 General Store BWR-29 Quetta 30/05/2018 - www.coolaquacool.com Cool Liter Jinnah Town 081-2453316 Quetta Diamond Bakery 0.5 Bottled By Nestle Pakistan Nestle BWR-30 Quetta 31/05/2018 - Sabzal Road, Liter Ltd.