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Underwriters Labs starts certification programme for packaged water [1]

Bangalore, July 3 Underwriters Laboratories has launched a certification programme for bottled water in India, a year after it introduced the service in the US.

With the Rs 1,000-crore Indian packaged water industry estimated to grow at 40 per cent, safety certification assumes more importance in a country that experiences large-scale waterborne diseases.

Publication Date: 
04/07/2009
Business Line (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Bottled Water Industry [3], Water Quality [4], Drinking Water [5], Bureau Of Indian Standards (BIS) [6]
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