Buying 'mineral' water? There's a 30% chance it will be contaminated

Junior consumer affairs minister reveals 224 of 743 bottles tested by FSSAI contained impurities; action against 131 manufacturers taken

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Last Updated : Mar 13 2018 | 4:47 PM IST

In what would come as a jarring statistic for the billion-dollar packaged water industry, three out of ten units of so-called mineral water sold across India have been found to

First Published: Mar 13 2018 | 4:47 PM IST

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Buying 'mineral' water? There's a 30% chance it will be contaminated

Junior consumer affairs minister reveals 224 of 743 bottles tested by FSSAI contained impurities; action against 131 manufacturers taken

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