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TAMILNADU FOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT "All the packaged drinking water should be an isi
KEEPS WATCH ON DRINKING WATER authorized product and if the FssAi details are not
PURIFICATION UNITS provided, the water should not be consumed. The
manufacturing and purification units should conduct
The state food safety department is conducting lab tests every six months and they should not have
inspections on drinking water purification units to any bacterial violation. The FssAi label should display
ensure the availability of clean packaged drinking all the details as mandated by the licensing authority
water for the public. on the water bottle. The best before date for a 1-2
liters water bottle is usually about 6 months but the
The department is keeping a check on the water cans
and the units are being issued a license by the state festive packs should be used within 50 days. The
authority and if the unit is above 2 metric tonnes, the cans should be used within a month's time, " said a
Central license should be obtained. designated food safety officer.
Source: DT Next
The food safety department officials say that the
drinking water should be labelled stating the
FssAi number, ingredients, symbol, manufacturing
addresses, batch numbers, calorific value and others.

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FOR PHARMACEUTICAL WASTE IN WATER highly sensitive solution for monitoring and identifying
pharmaceutical contaminants in water systems.
The prevalence of pharmaceutical waste in water sources By leveraging the unique properties of plasmonic
poses a growing global concern due to its potential nanoparticles, the detector achieves unprecedented
adverse effects on human health and the environment. levels of precision, enabling the detection of minute
Addressing this critical issue, researchers at Bar-ilan traces of pharmaceutical waste with remarkable accuracy.
University's Department of Chemistry and institute The findings of this study hold significant implications for
of Nanotechnology and Advanced materials have environmental monitoring and public health, providing a
developed an innovative plasmonic-based detector reliable tool for assessing water quality and safeguarding
capable of detecting low concentrations of harmful human well-being against the adverse effects of
piperidine residue in water.
pharmaceutical pollution.
Source: Environmental Science/Nano

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