Contamination of commercially packaged sachet water and the public health implications: an overview

dc.contributor.authorOludairo, O. O.
dc.contributor.authorAiyedun, J. O.
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-21T11:52:07Z
dc.date.available2020-02-21T11:52:07Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractQuality water should be colourless, tasteless, odourless and free from faecal contamination. This study investigates the level of contamination of commercially vended packaged water and their public health implications. Published baseline information and data were used in the study. Using different isolation techniques, coliform bacteria of up to 100% and faecal contamination of up to 40% were reported. The consumption of contaminated commercially packaged water by the public has led to different disease conditions and death of millions of people all over the world. This calls for strict adherence to good management practices (GMP) by producers of packaged water, improved monitoring and enforcement of guidelines of production by regulatory bodies according to World Health Organization (WHO) standards, increased public awareness and sensitivity to the presence and dangers of consuming such water and creating easy, always potent reporting channels through which disease cases and suspected contaminated water manufacturers could be reported to the authority so as to prevent infection from consumption of such packaged water, diseases and deaths.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOludairo and Aiyedun, 2015en_US
dc.identifier.issn2308-0922
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3830
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBangladesh Society for Veterinary Medicineen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBangladesh Journal of Veterinary Medicine;13: 73-81
dc.subjectContaminationen_US
dc.subjectsachet wateren_US
dc.subjectpublic health implicationsen_US
dc.titleContamination of commercially packaged sachet water and the public health implications: an overviewen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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