The department of consumer affairs, in the food ministry, has concurred with the measures suggested by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for ensuring quality standards for packed drinking water. The department has also endorsed the suggestion that there should be a single authority to deal with an integrated food law. The department was quick to accept the findings of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on pesticides in packaged drinking water and appoint an inquiry committee under the chairmanship of Additional Secretary Satwant Reddy in February last year.