Six water brands found unsafe in Egypt

Alfy said at that a study financed by his agency and conducted over two months by the Central Egyptian Society for Consumer Protection and the Health Ministry took samples of 21 bottled water brands and discovered bacteria in six of them.

The study said the contaminated samples are the 1.5-litre bottles of Schweppes and el-Nada and the 19-litre bottles of Nahl, Aquastone, Aquamena and Hayat.

The study also found seven other brands were fraudulently labeled,meaning the ingredients on labels did not match what was in the water, but said they were still fit for consumption. Those include the 1.5-litre bottles of Baraka, el-Manar, Delta, Hayat, Aquamena and Nahl and 19-litre bottles of Siwa.

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce said in a statement that it had formed an emergency committee to inspect the factories as soon as possible.