The Government Analyst/Food & Drug Department said on Friday that it has launched an investigation in order to take appropriate action against unlicensed and unauthorized distributors of drinking water.
According to the release, the department has received complaints that unauthorized distributors are misleading customers to believe that they are purchasing sealed five gallon (18.93 litres) bottles of water from established processing facilities in Guyana.
Moreover, results of microbiological analyses of samples of water submitted from five gallon bottles with sealed caps not