THUNDER BAY -- Kakabeka Crystal is back in business.
The water-bottling company was temporarily shut down due to an order from the Thunder Bay District Health Unit earlier this month, after an unknown bacteria was found in water samples from the facility.
Kakabeka Crystal co-owner, Scott Christie, said the production plant on Hewitson Street will be back up and running Friday, after being given the all clear from the health unit.
The facility was temporarily shut down two weeks ago as both the health unit and the company tried to identify the origin and the type of bacteria.
Christie said they will comply with all the recommendations put forward by the health unit.
“The health unit came in and identified some procedural areas they felt we needed to improve on and upgrade on, which we followed everything they’ve asked,” Christie said.
“It came down to sanitizing certain things twice a day rather than once a day, checking this level of heat in a particular machine, checking the quality of the raw water coming from the well.”
Christie said the company disputes there was any harmful bacteria in the water, and will continue to run their own battery of tests.
Officials from the health unit said they will be performing a series of follow-up inspections on a monthly basis.
(TBT News)
