Only buy distilled water with FDA product registration information – Consumers urged
The Food and Drugs Authority has refuted reports that certain sachet water sold in Ghana contains microbes.
According to the Authority, laboratory testing and surveillance indicate the products are safe for consumption.
Last month, the Director of Field Operations with the Ghana Statistical Service, Dr. Peter Takyi Peprah made the assertion at a press conference to announce the results of an investigation into the caliber of market-available sachet water.
“We must pay close attention to those involved in the production of sachet water. In 2017, we conducted a multiple indicator cluster survey in which we not only collected information about drinking water sources but also tested the quality of these drinking water sources for a household. We discovered that 34.1 percent of h...
