Only one beverage brand out of all the brands available locally in Pakistan has been approved to be following international standards of food quality according to the officials of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration.
Officials from the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) along with Assistant Commissioner (City) Saad Bin Asad and his inspection teams scrutinized plants and factories of several beverages and bottled water products by various foreign and local brands.
Samples of their products were collected from these companies and taken to the National Institute of Health (NIH). The NIH examined and reported that only one brand’s product line met international standards of food quality. The report by NIH said,
According to officials, bottled products such as water and beverages produced by only one international brand, Pepsico, was said to follow both national and international standards of food and quality. Rest of the companies who weren’t approved were sent warnings.