Fit to drink?

I went to Hero Supermarket on Jl. Sultan Agung in Jakarta on Aug. 20 and bought two bottles of Evian mineral water for my own consumption.

I opened one of the bottles and drank a little. I felt some salty particles on my tongue. I looked at the bottle and discerned a number of white grains, like salt, in the water. I looked at the other bottle, still sealed, and I saw similar particles in the water.

Remembering a recent report in Kompas daily on the poisoning of a number of schoolchildren after consuming a chocolate product made in France (and also the case of dioxin in Europe recently), I did not dare drink more of the mineral water.

I appeal to the Ministry of Health, the Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) and other authorized agencies to probe this matter to ensure protection of consumer health.

CARRIS JUNIARSA

Jakarta