Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Action against Soft Drinks Companies for Toxic Contents in their products
Posted On:
07 FEB 2017 1:29PM by PIB Delhi
Samples of food items are picked up for testing and analysis by the State/UT Food Safety Departments from time to time. Separate data about samples of soft drinks having been tested/found not conforming to specified standards, has not been compiled centrally. A study was conducted by the All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health (AIIP&PH) and the National Test House (NTH), Kolkata, in which AIIH&PH collected 4 bottles each of the cold drink brands (Sprite, Coca Cola, Mountain dew, Pepsi and 7 UP) and tested for heavy metals antimony, lead, chromium and cadmium and DEHP. The study takes bottled (packaged) water as the reference point. Since a number of other substances are added while making soft drinks, its composition will be different from packaged drinking water. The details of the findings of the study are given below:
Table: 1 Heavy metals and DEHP concentrations in Sprite (soft drink)
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Item description: sample of Sprite (soft drink) in bottle (4x600 ml), Batch No. /LOT No. 2926
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Test Description
(National Test House)
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Certificate No.
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Date of issue
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Code No.
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NTH(ER)/CH(S)/2016/0029E
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08/03/2016
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1454064260750
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Storage Parameters
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Toxic Substance (mg/l)
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Antimony
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Lead
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Cadmium
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chromium
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DEHP
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Sample in Bottle as received by the Lab.
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0.015
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0.007
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0.003
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0.015
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0.016
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40 deg C for 10 days.
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0.019
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0.009
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0.006
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0.016
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0.019
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60 deg C for 10 days
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0.020
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0.009
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0.008
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0.022
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0.021
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Permissible Limit
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NA
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NA
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NA
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NA
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NA
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Remarks
Safety limits available for bottled water
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0.005
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0.010
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0.003
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0.050
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0.006
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Reference standards
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(BIS(IS
13428:2005, IS 14543: 2004)1
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(BIS(IS
13428:2005, IS 14543: 2004)1
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(BIS(IS
13428:2005, IS 14543: 2004)1
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(BIS(IS
13428:2005, IS 14543: 2004)1
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US-EPA(2)
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Table: 2 Heavy metals and DEHP concentrations in Mountain Dew (soft drink):
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Item description: sample of Mountain Dew received in 4 nos (600ml) bottles having Batches No./Lot No. BN5255C30J15
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Test Description
(National Test House)
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Certificate no.
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Date of Issue
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Code No.
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NTH(ER)/CH(S)/2016/0029C
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08/03/2016
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1454064260750
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Storage Parameters
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Toxic Substance (mg/L)
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Antimony
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Lead
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Cadmium
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chromium
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DEHP
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Sample in Bottle as received by the Lab.
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0.012
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0.006
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0.016
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0.017
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0.014
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40 deg C for 10 days.
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0.018
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0.007
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0.019
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0.017
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0.016
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60 deg C for 10 days
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0.021
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0.009
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0.020
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0.018
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0.018
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Permissible Limit
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NA
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NA
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NA
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NA
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NA
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Remarks
Safety limits available for bottled water
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0.005
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0.010
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0.003
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0.050
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0.006
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Reference standards
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(BIS(IS
13428:2005, IS 14543: 2004)1
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(BIS(IS
13428:2005, IS 14543: 2004)1
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(BIS(IS
13428:2005, IS 14543: 2004)1
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(BIS(IS
13428:2005, IS 14543: 2004)1
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US-EPA(2)
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Table: 3 Heavy metals and DEHP concentrations in Pepsi (soft drink):
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Item description: sample of Pepsi (soft drink): received in bottle (4x600 ml), having Batch No./Lot No.5255C06J15
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Test Description
(National Test House)
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Certificate no.
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Date of Issue
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Code No.
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NTH(ER)/CH(S)/2016/0029A
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08/03/2016
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1454064260750
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Storage Parameters
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Toxic Substance (mg/L)
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Antimony
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Lead
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Cadmium
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chromium
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DEHP
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Sample in Bottle as received by the Lab.
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0.029
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0.011
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0.002
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0.017
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0.028
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40 deg C for 10 days.
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0.032
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0.012
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0.006
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0.019
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0.033
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60 deg C for 10 days
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0.043
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0.012
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0.008
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0.019
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0.036
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Permissible Limit
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NA
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NA
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NA
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NA
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NA
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Remarks
Safety limits available for bottled water
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0.005
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0.010
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0.003
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0.050
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0.006
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Reference standards
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(BIS(IS
13428:2005, IS 14543: 2004)1
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(BIS(IS
13428:2005, IS 14543: 2004)1
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(BIS(IS
13428:2005, IS 14543: 2004)1
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(BIS(IS
13428:2005, IS 14543: 2004)1
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US-EPA(2)
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Table: 4 Heavy metals and DEHP concentrations in 7 UP (soft drink):
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Item description: sample of 7 UP(soft drink): received in bottle (600 ml), having Batch /Lot No.BN5255C23115
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Test Description
(National Test House)
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Certificate no.
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Date of Issue
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Code No.
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NTH(ER)/CH(S)/2016/0029B
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08/03/2016
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1454064260750
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Storage Parameters
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Toxic Substance (mg/L)
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Antimony
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Lead
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Cadmium
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chromium
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DEHP
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Sample in Bottle as received by the Lab.
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0.011
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0.004
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0.012
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0.017
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0.018
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40 deg C for 10 days.
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0.011
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0.006
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0.018
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0.022
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0.020
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60 deg C for 10 days
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0.023
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0.006
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0.020
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0.022
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0.020
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Permissible Limit
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NA
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NA
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NA
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NA
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NA
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Remarks
Safety limits available for bottled water
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0.005
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0.010
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0.003
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0.050
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0.006
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Reference standards
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(BIS(IS
13428:2005, IS 14543: 2004)1
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(BIS(IS
13428:2005, IS 14543: 2004)1
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(BIS(IS
13428:2005, IS 14543: 2004)1
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(BIS(IS
13428:2005, IS 14543: 2004)1
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US-EPA(2)
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Table: 5 Heavy metals and DEHP concentrations in Coca Cola (soft drink):
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Item description: sample of Coca Cola(soft drink): received in bottle
(600 ml) having Batch /Lot No.1263 (3 Bottles) & B.No. 1258 (1 Bottle)
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Test Description
(National Test House)
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Certificate no.
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Date of Issue
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Code No.
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NTH(ER)/CH(S)/2016/0029D
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08/03/2016
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1454064260750
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Storage Parameters
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Toxic Substance (mg/L)
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Antimony
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Lead
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Cadmium
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chromium
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DEHP
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Sample in Bottle as received by the Lab.
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0.006
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0.009
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0.011
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0.026
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0.026
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40 deg C for 10 days.
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0.014
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0.011
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0.013
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0.032
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0.028
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60 deg C for 10 days
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0.019
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0.012
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0.013
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0.033
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0.034
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Permissible Limit
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NA
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NA
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NA
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NA
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NA
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Remarks
Safety limits available for bottled water
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0.005
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0.010
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0.003
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0.050
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0.006
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Reference standards
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(BIS(IS
13428:2005, IS 14543: 2004)1
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(BIS(IS
13428:2005, IS 14543: 2004)1
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(BIS(IS
13428:2005, IS 14543: 2004)1
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(BIS(IS
13428:2005, IS 14543: 2004)1
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US-EPA(2)
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1. Bureau of Indian standards: Indian Standard Packaged natural mineral water specification (second revision) first reprint December 2006, Ics 13.060.20,c bls 200s Bureau of Indian Standards, Manak bhavan, 9 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002 is 13428: 2005
2. United States Environmental Protection Agency 2009, national Primary Drinking Water Regulations EPA 816-F-09-004 May 2009.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Faggan Singh Kulaste stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.
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