Algae found in Pran-RFL Group’s packaged water bottles in Sirajganj

Algae has been found in the packaged drinking water bottles of Pran-RFL Group in Sirajganj.

The company sources claimed to have recalled many contaminated water bottles from the market on receiving complaints.
 
Claiming that ‘defects’ in the water pipelines might have led to this problem, Manager of the Group’s Bogra region Mostafa Kamal said they were taking necessary steps to sort it out.
 
Jamal Hossain, owner of Jannati Traders, a Sirajganj-based dealer of Pran, said he had informed the company about the matter after recently noticing that fungus was forming in the group’s 500ml packaged water bottles.
 
“I had to face customers’ wrath for selling these water bottles. Pran authorities told me to keep the bottles in my shop until their expiry,” Hossain told bdnews24.com.
 
Sales Manager of Pran’s Sirajganj territory Wajed Ali told bdnews24.com they first received the complaints of algae being found in their bottled water around two months ago.
 

“After similar problem was noticed in the 30 cartons (each carton containing 24 bottles) of bottled water supplied to Jannati Traders, we withdrew 10 to 12 cartons of half-litre bottles and sent them to the company,” Ali said.

Dealers were asked not to sell the water bottles in which algae was found, he said.

Mostofa Kamal said they sealed water in the bottles after extracting it through pipes from a depth of 450 feet.

</div> <br> <br>“Air might have passed into the sealed bottles around two months ago when a crack surfaced in the pipe. This might have led to formation of algae,” he said.<br> <br>Pran-RFL Group’s Director (Marketing) Kamruzzaman Kamal, however, did not receive phone calls made to him for more details about the development.<br> <br>Sirajganj’s Deputy Commissioner Md Billal Hossain said they were looking into the matter.                          <br>Pran Group’s turmeric powder packets were withdrawn from the markets around two years ago after excessive lead was found in them. </p>