The Competition and Fair Trading Commission (CFTC) has warned the general public against buying and consuming some batches of some batches of Cool Drop Bottled Natural Mineral water manufactured by Zamm investments because they do not meet the stipulated Malawi Standards.
According to statement signed by CFTC executive director Lloyds Vincent Nkhoma, the said batches are numbers BTH277, BTH016, BTH253, BTH018 and BTH291, which have visible foreign sediments inside the sealed water bottles.
“According to findings by the Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS), delay in changing of filters and membranes by the producer resulted in the contamination of the bottled water resulting in the presence of visible foreign objects in the aforementioned batches. This finding is in serious contravention of the MBS Act and the applicable Malawi mandatory standard MS 560:2004.
“This finding is also in violation of Section 43(1)(e) the Competition and Fair Trading Act (CFTA) which states that a person shall not, in relation to a consumer supply any product which is likely to cause injury to health or physical harm to consumers, when properly used, or which does not comply with a consumer safety standard which has been prescribed under any written law.
“In view of the above, CFTC would like to inform traders not to sell the subject batches of the product, if they have them in stock. CFTC is also advising consumers to take necessary precaution not to purchase or consume the said batches of the product,” reads part of the statement released Tuesday
Furthermore, CFTC advised consumers to retum any such products to their suppliers. and get a full refund if they already purchased the same.
