The Department of Health has ordered an immediate halt to production at a bottled water factory in Roi Et province.

 

The decision was made following the release of a shocking video showing water being manually filled into bottles. The factory, which is a licensed water production facility, was inspected and found to be non-compliant with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards.

 

The Department of Health coordinated with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and discovered that the factory is a licensed water production plant in Roi Et that operates under the Food Act and must adhere to GMP standards.

Following the release of the video, health officials from Roi Et inspected the factory according to GMP standards and found that it did not meet the assessment criteria. Therefore, production was halted and defects were to be corrected until standards were met. The licensed recipient and the production controller were notified to meet the officials immediately to proceed according to the law.

 

by Nattapong Westwood

Photo courtesy of KhaoSod

 

 

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So now we know there is a problem but not not specifically which bottled water is affected?

 

We have to stop buying all bottled water just in case?

 

Have samples of the end product been tested for contamination?

 

 

 

Have to wonder where else.

You would think bottled water plants would be inspected on a regular basis ,

maybe the inspectors have just been collecting the envelopes ,and no inspection,

I hope the lady filling the bottles washes her hands thoroughly after been to toilet....

 

regards worgeordie

 

Amazing Thailand.

I always suspect bottled water in Thailand as maybe not safe drinking water.  

 

Using bottled water from Makro/7-11/Big C in a kettle always resulted in a film floating on the water after the kettle finished heating - always, no matter what brand, no matter how large or small the bottle was.

 

After I started using a Stiebel Eltron UF filtration system, I never see any type of film in the kettle, and never see any water deposits.

 

Separate but related, but not in Thailand...a few years ago in Turkey, I always got Montezuma's Revenge by day 2 or 3 in Turkey.  Many trips, in two years, always the same.  Once after getting a single bottle of water from a shop (like a 7/11, Family Mart style shop), I didn't remember the plastic bottle cap seal break open.  Hmm, but I wasn't sure.  A few hours later while walking in the city, I saw young boys pulling wagons/carts full of empty drinking bottles.  I thought maybe they were selling them for recycling.  I watched them go to a public fountain with the water spigot continuously running water.  The fountain was filthy disgusting.  That was in Turkey.

 

 

7 hours ago, worgeordie said:

You would think bottled water plants would be inspected on a regular basis ,

maybe the inspectors have just been collecting the envelopes ,and no inspection,

I hope the lady filling the bottles washes her hands thoroughly after been to toilet....

 

regards worgeordie

 

Surely you are joking. have you ever seen the water machines on the streets? 

 

12 hours ago, Negita43 said:

We have to stop buying all bottled water just in case?

 

No, just avoid the clear bottles with a green label and blue cap.

10 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Amazing Thailand.

I am glad I live in a country where I can drink water from a tap but still people drink bottled water. Spell Evian backwards.

7 hours ago, still kicking said:

I am glad I live in a country where I can drink water from a tap but still people drink bottled water. Spell Evian backwards.

Your words are 'oh so true'.

I have a life-long habit of only drinking water I have boiled myself, irrespective of where it comes from.

I have never had an illness related to water, so IMO on the right track.

If I was paying bottled water prices I'd be outraged at this. Where I get my water from they effectively fill the water this way too, but I get 20l for 10 baht. I'm not too fussed as my body handles it fine. 

3 hours ago, Lacessit said:

I have a life-long habit of only drinking water I have boiled myself, irrespective of where it comes from.

I have never had an illness related to water, so IMO on the right track.

Boiling water is fine for bacterial (maybe viral) contamination but does not remove chemical contamination

 

there's a health department?!

 

what about all those water dispensing machines you find on the street, they look massively unhygienic.

 

not to mention the street food vendor carts parked near my place that have cats, dogs, rats, insects crawling all over them while not in use, and i've never, ever seen an owner wash down or clean their cart before rolling it out and using it to prepare, cook and sell food. one reason i don't touch street food here.

1 hour ago, Negita43 said:

Boiling water is fine for bacterial (maybe viral) contamination but does not remove chemical contamination

True. You may or may not be aware it also kills oocysts such as giardia and cryptosporidia, which are unaffected by chlorination.

It will also remove chlorine and chloramines, via steam distillation.