UAE to tighten bottled water laws
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government
Portable water manufacturers in the UAE will have until October 1 this year to comply with the new regulations issued by Emirates Standardisation and Metrology Authority (Esma).
The unified regulation was approved by UAE cabinet last year, through resolution 26 of 2013, following which companies had until April 1, 2014 to comply with the new rules.
However, after most firms were unable to comply with the new law, ESMA has decided to provide a grace period till October 1.
"There are 154 small and big drinking water producing and importing companies registered with us and so far we have found that only 18 firms comply with the new law. Many companies requested us to give them more time for compliance as well as consumption of existing stock," said Mohammad Saleh Badri, Director General of Esma, speaking exclusively to Gulf News.
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