Water dispensing machines that had been approved and licensed will have a health ministry sticker on them.
Its director, Dr Ding Lay Ming, said that of the 860 machines in the state, only 61 had licences while 119 were in the process of applying for licences. “This is because unlicensed machines are likely to be vulnerable to microorganisms that could contaminate and affect the water quality.” Ding said that under Regulation 360c of the Food Regulations 1985, water from dispensing machines had to undergo filtration, osmosis, distillation, ionisation or equivalent processes and disinfection.
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