The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday removed the ban on production and sale of products from three mineral water brands including Kinley, Springley and Aquafina.
The bench, headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, passed the orders while hearing a suo motu notice regarding drinking water facilities at the Supreme Court Lahore Registry.
As the proceedings began, Punjab Food Authority (PFA) Director General Noor-ul-Amin Mangel appeared before the bench and submitted that the PFA teams had collected samples from 23 bottled-water companies from across Lahore and sent them to the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR).
He said Kinley, Aquafina and Springley were banned for failing laboratory tests to meet food standards as the reports revealed that hazardous components and chemicals — microbiological germs were found in their samples.
However, the samples of the said companies were again sent to two different laboratories which declared the water safe for drinking.
At this, the bench removed the ban placed on production and sale of these brands in the light of the statement made by the PFA DG.
Meanwhile, the bench also allowed DG PFA to grant permission for making 61 minor water filtration plants operational, if their water quality was found satisfactory on inspection.
The authority had closed 61 filtration plants in various parts of the city after their water quality was not found satisfactory.
Why lifting ban when they are proven to be not good for health?
Cause it wasnot proven. Evidence was not corroborated from other sources.
Or may be the money was not transferred in the accounts timely.
how the dangerous chemicals found previously in lab test. something fishy fishy.. there are few possibilities such as First Lab Report may be wrong. or First Lab Report were Correct. after the Lab Report the companies sent again corrected Water Sample for Re-Lab Testing………bla bla bla
Is the already available Water of these companies are OK to be drink….
Paisa pohanch gaya bhai jahan jahan pohanchna tha, musalman ne rishwat kahe Alhumdulillah kaha aur agay bhara…
if this is the case then was about the water they are using in Fizzy drinks