
Since the beginning of 2026, more than 65 million attempts to sell packaged water with violations have been stopped in Russia
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In Russia, there is a licensing regime for the circulation of packaged water to control product quality.
MOSCOW, October 2 - RIA Novosti. More than 65 million attempts to sell packaged water with violations have been prevented since the beginning of 2026, Rospotrebnadzor reported in its channel on the Max platform.
“Since the beginning of 2026, as a result of the introduction of the permitting regime, more than 65 million attempts to sell packaged water with deviations from established requirements have been prevented. Over the entire period of the regime, about 200 million such attempts have been prevented,” the report says.
Rospotrebnadzor added that from January to August 2026, 10.7 billion liters of packaged water were put into circulation - 0.5% more than in the same period in 2025. Domestic products accounted for 98.4% of the volume. Remote sales grew by 91.9%, and their share increased from 7.9 to 14.3%.

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