Office Memorandum No. 624/2025/FACSD of the Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Karnataka dated 22nd July, 2025 on the manufacture of packaged drinking water [C1N-GGZ]

No. 624/2025/FACSD

GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA

Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Karnataka

Bengaluru, dated the 22nd July, 2025

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The manufacture of packaged drinking water by manufacturers of packaged drinking water under the Karnataka Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Cattle Preservation Act, 2021, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Karnataka on the manner in which the manufacture of packaged drinking water by manufacturers of packaged drinking water is to be regulated under the Karnataka Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Cattle Preservation Act, 2021.

2. The matter has been examined. Every manufacturer of packaged drinking water carrying on the manufacture of packaged drinking water shall make an application in Form D to the Designated Officer within seven days, accompanied by a fee of five hundred rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the manufacture of packaged drinking water is undertaken, and the Designated Officer shall dispose of it within seven days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Karnataka.

(Secretary to Government)