Economy
Addis Ababa Urges Bottled Water Price Compliance and Safety
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AI SUMMARY
The Addis Ababa Trade Bureau has urged bottled water manufacturers to honor price stability agreements while the food and drug authority suspended a producer over safety violations.
- The Addis Ababa Trade Bureau urged bottled water producers and suppliers to honor a new price-stabilization agreement during talks with the Association of Water Manufacturers and Suppliers.
- The association cited undue interference by brokers in the raw materials market.
- Under the new agreement, factories must set fair wholesale prices and notify the trade bureau promptly.
- A two-liter bottle of water at kiosks has risen from around 13 birr to 20 birr in recent months.
- Factory-level prices for a six-bottle pack of two-liter water reached 300 birr in September, marking the third increase in seven months.
- Bottled water price pressures stem partly from import-dependent PET plastic, foreign currency shortages, and global fuel price volatility.
- The Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority suspended ASSH Packed Water Manufacturing Plc, producer of Fine Packed Water, after inspections uncovered slime and biofilm.
- The EFDA ordered the company to halt manufacturing, stop distribution, and recall batch number 620 within five days.
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