Fungi Contamination of some Bottled Water of food marketing of Gorgan city in 2014- 2015

Selling of bottled water has been increasing around the world, because many people believe that this type of water is an ideal option for drinking particularly for the immunosuppressed people. Thus, we aimed to investigate fungal contamination in bottled water in Gorgan, Iran
Four-hundred bottled water samples belonging to 10 famous brands were collected from different retail outlets in Gorgan, from May 2014 to April 2015. Fungi identification was performed by Subdextroz agar and Potitodextroz agar. Data analysis was performed by chi-square test (P Findings: Rodotrolla fungal spp was identified in 164 (41%) of all tested samples. About 32% of contamination was related to 60 days after bottling, and its rate was the same in small and big bottles. All brands were tainted but the difference was not significant.
Based on the results, some water bottles have fungal contamination that is in contravention of bottled water regulation. Hence, it is a necessity to implement water safety plan to improve the quality of bottled water.