Umhlinzeki wemishini yokukhipha amanzi i-Pureoxygen uthi amanzi ane-alkaline noma ahlungiwe angasiza ekuvimbeleni izinkinga zempilo ezifana ne-osteoporosis, i-acid reflux, umfutho wegazi kanye nesifo sikashukela.
ESINGAPORE: Inkampani yamanzi iPureoxygen iceliwe ukuthi iyeke ukwenza izimangalo ezidukisayo mayelana nezinzuzo zezempilo zamanzi ane-alkaline noma ahlungiwe kuwebhusayithi yayo kanye namakhasi ezinkundla zokuxhumana.
Kuthiwa amanzi ayasiza ekuvimbeleni izinkinga zempilo ezifana ne-osteoporosis, i-acid reflux, umfutho wegazi kanye nesifo sikashukela.
Le nkampani kanye nabaqondisi bayo, uMnu. Heng Wei Hwee noMnu. Tan Tong Ming, bathole imvume evela kwi-Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) ngoLwesine (mhla zingama-21 kuNdasa).
I-Pureoxygen inikeza abathengi imishini yokusabalalisa amanzi, izinhlelo zokuhlunga amanzi ane-alkaline kanye namaphakheji okulungisa.
Uphenyo lwe-CCCS luthole ukuthi inkampani yenza ngokungafanele phakathi kukaSepthemba 2021 noNovemba 2023.
Ngaphezu kokwenza izimangalo ezidukisayo mayelana nezinzuzo zezempilo zamanzi ane-alkaline noma ahlungiwe, inkampani iphinde ithi izihlungi zayo zihlolwe yi-ejensi yokuhlola.
Le nkampani iphinde yasho ngamanga ohlwini lweCarousell ukuthi ompompi bayo nemithombo yamanzi bekumahhala isikhathi esilinganiselwe. Lokhu kungamanga, njengoba ompompi kanye nemishini yokuhambisa amanzi sekuvele kutholakala kumakhasimende mahhala.
Abathengi nabo badukiswa yimigomo yenkontileka yesevisi. Batshelwa ukuthi imali yokuqalisa iphakheji kanye neyokusekela ekhokhwa ngaphansi kwenkontileka yokuthengisa ngqo ayibuyiselwa.
Amakhasimende awazange aziswe ngelungelo lawo lokukhansela lezi zinkontileka futhi kuzodingeka abuyisele noma yiziphi izimali ezikhokhiwe ngaphansi kwezinkontileka ezikhanseliwe.
I-CCCS ithe ngemuva kophenyo, i-Pureoxygen ithathe izinyathelo zokushintsha imikhuba yayo yebhizinisi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi iyahambisana noMthetho Wokuvikelwa Kwabathengi (Ukuhweba Okulungile).
Lokhu kuhlanganisa ukususa izimangalo ezingamanga kuma-sales kits, ukususa izikhangiso ezidukisayo ku-Carousell, kanye nokunikeza abathengi izihlungi zamanzi abazifanele.
Kuthathe nezinyathelo zokuyeka izimangalo ezidukisayo zezempilo mayelana namanzi ane-alkaline noma ahlungiwe.
Inkampani izibophezela ukuyeka imikhuba engalungile futhi ibambisane ngokugcwele ne-Consumer Association of Singapore (CASE) ekuxazululeni izikhalazo.
Izophinde ithuthukise “inqubomgomo yokuthobela imithetho yangaphakathi” ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izinto zayo zokumaketha kanye nemikhuba ziyahambisana noMthetho futhi inikeze ukuqeqeshwa kubasebenzi ngalokho okushiwo ukuziphatha okungalungile.
Abaqondisi benkampani, uHeng Swee Keat noMnu. Tan, nabo bathembise ukuthi inkampani ngeke ihlanganyele emikhubeni engalungile.
"I-CCCS izothatha isinyathelo uma i-Pureoxygen noma abaqondisi bayo bephula izibopho zabo noma behlanganyela kunoma yikuphi okunye ukuziphatha okungafanele," kusho le nhlangano.
I-CCCS ithe njengengxenye yokuqapha kwayo okuqhubekayo embonini yokuhlunga amanzi, le nhlangano ibuyekeza "imikhuba yokumaketha yabahlinzeki bezinhlelo ezahlukene zokuhlunga amanzi, okuhlanganisa izitifiketi, izitifiketi kanye nezimangalo zezempilo kumawebhusayithi abo."
NgoMashi odlule, inkantolo yayala inkampani yokuhlunga amanzi i-Triple Lifestyle Marketing ukuthi iyeke ukwenza izinsolo ezingamanga zokuthi amanzi ane-alkaline angavimbela izifo ezifana nomdlavuza, isifo sikashukela kanye nobuhlungu obungapheli emhlane.
USiah Ike Kor, i-CEO ye-CCCS, uthe: “Sikhumbuza abahlinzeki bezinhlelo zokuhlunga amanzi ukuthi babuyekeze ngokucophelela izinto zabo zokumaketha ukuqinisekisa ukuthi noma yiziphi izimangalo ezenziwe kubathengi zicacile, zinembile futhi zinobufakazi.
"Abahlinzeki kufanele futhi babuyekeze imikhuba yabo yebhizinisi ngezikhathi ezithile ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ukuziphatha okunjalo akusho umkhuba ongalungile."
"Ngaphansi koMthetho Wokuvikelwa Kwabathengi (Ukuhweba Okulungile), i-CCCS ingacela imiyalelo yenkantolo kubahlinzeki abaphula umthetho abaqhubeka nemikhuba engalungile."
Siyazi ukuthi ukushintsha iziphequluli kuyinkinga, kodwa sifuna ube nolwazi olusheshayo, oluphephile, nolusebenza kahle kakhulu uma usebenzisa i-CNA.