40pc bottled water in KP found substandard

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Food Safety and Halal Food Authority has completed its province-wide water testing campaign, declaring 40 percent of bottled water samples substandard and hazardous to health.

For the first time, the newly established Provincial Food Testing Laboratory and Center for Research carried out large-scale testing of food and water products in the province. As mnay as 156 bottled water samples were tested. Results showed that 59.61 percent met quality standards.

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