• Focus On: Zimbabwe Bans Water-Bottling Companies

    , Fri 28 Dec, 08:15 am

    The government has banned several water-bottling companies for failing to meet basic hygienic and quality requirements.

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  • buyme43
    Dec 28 2012, 21:08

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    • Zimbabwe: Several Water Bottling Firms Banned

      The Herald (Harare), 28 December 2012

      GOVERNMENT has banned several water bottling companies for failing to meet basic hygienic requirements. Fifteen out of 49 companies that had applied for licences were registered. Ministry of Health and Child Welfare food control deputy director Mr Freddy Chinyavanhu yesterday said only 21 water brands from 15 companies supplying bottled water had been certified by the Food Standards Advisory ...

    • Zimbabwe: Call to Screen Bottled Water

      The Herald (Harare), 19 December 2012

      A Chitungwiza businessman has called upon the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare to screen bottled water being sold on the market to ensure that only quality water gets to the people.Mr Sydney Farirai, who recently established a state-of-the-art water bottling plant at Chikwanha Shopping Centre, said on Monday that bottled water not certified by the Standards Association of Zimbabwe should be ...

    • Zimbabwe: 40 Water Bottling Companies Banned

      The Herald (Harare), 19 November 2011

      GOVERNMENT has banned 40 water bottling firms for failing to meet safety and quality standards. This follows an influx of bottled water suppliers in response to a surge in demand.

  • Phiri
    Nov 23 2011, 15:09

    Once again, this is another example how Zimbabwe is a very unfriendly place to do business. What the gov't and minister should be doing is help these companies obtain the right certification and start water bottling. Zimbabwe has been banning so many companies, that it is a joke to say the want to reduce unemployment. This backward,

    Give them examples of how the companies who have the right certification are doing to meet the certification. And please, don't tell them to pay a small fee to zanu-pf!

  • Wayne
    Nov 24 2011, 17:00

    Are you a fool? 40 Water bottle companies is a lot. In NYC alone there isn't that many. If people want to do business they are supposed to ensure that their product meets proper health criteria to ensure the well being of the people. 9 Water bottling companies is fine as long as the water is healthy. Those selling contaminated food products should be ashamed and incarcerated rather than just banned. You sound extremely ignorant.

  • Wayne
    Nov 24 2011, 17:03

    Also, If a business is not willing to spend the time researching how to create a quality market for promotion and distribution then they will not spend the time once they are told how. It is not the governments job to teach Research and Development skills to every business in every industry. It is however, the governments job to protect the lives of it's citizens from corrupt businesses that promote and sell contaminated products.

  • Phiri
    Nov 25 2011, 19:46

    Wayne, it is the duty of Gov't to create an environment in which business can be successful..and Zimbabwe is not a friendly place to do business in..Fools like you are busy repelling business because of your shallow zanu-pf ideology!