Stop Confusing Public With Labels on Sachet Water - FBD

The Food and Drugs Board (FBD) on Thursday warned sachet water producers to stop labelling their products as being suitable for babies, saying this contravenes the legislative instrument on exclusive breast-feeding.

At a day's workshop for sachet water producers in Accra, Mr K. Van-Ess, an official of FBD said the law say mothers should breast-feed their babies exclusively for the first six months of their lives hence the need for producers to stop confusing the public.

"The water labelled as spring water or pure water does not exist, since research and scientific evidence have proven that spring water that has been bagged does not exist in Ghana," he said.

Mr Van-Ess said what is being sold on the market is "filtered tap water" which is not meant for babies as producers claim.

The workshop under the theme "Good manufacturing and hygienic practices in the production of sachet water" was organised by the FDB to educate sachet water producers to ensure that water coming from their industry is safe for human consumption.

The occasion was also to mark the celebration of World water Day.

Mr Van-Ess urged the producers to delete labels such "Safe for babies", "suitable for babies", "spring water" and "pure water" and to replace these with labels such as "sachet water" and "filtered water" as early as possible.

He urged the producers to do proper booking and ensure that their products are produced in batches "So that you can recall any particular batch from the market if errors or faults are later detected."