[1] Because sachets are frequently filled in small and often unregulated facilities, inadequate sanitary conditions can occasionally result in disease or contamination.
[6][2] However, in countries like Ghana consumers still prefer that access over other forms of venders, with a perception of lower risk.
[8] Prolonged storage of the sachets found human-health threatening levels of the microbes after 4 months in several of the samples.
[8] Similarly following the onset of the COVID pandemic, in Damongo found 96% of producers didn't have adequate sanitary measures.
Around June, 2024 two water companies were closed in owerri by National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) due to poor manufacturing process and unhygienic production.