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Branding and local legislation

Understanding the application

Throughout the world, there are three If the product is to be marketed as
main classifications of bottled water natural mineral water (NMW) in What’s in your bottle ?
recognized; natural mineral water, Europe, then the Official Journal of
spring water and table water. the EU specifies that “any disinfection
Depending upon the country where the treatment by whatever means and, the
water is produced and the intended addition of bacteriostatic elements or Natural mineral water Spring water Bottled water
country of consumption, regulations any other treatment likely to change the
apply to the production techniques viable colony count of the natural mineral
used for each type of bottled water. For water shall be prohibited”. Natural mineral waters must Bottled at source and microbially Bottled water or “table water”
example in Europe please see Directive be bottled at source, via a direct safe at source. Does not require must comply with local
pipeline from source to bottle. a stable mineral content. drinking water standards and
2009/54/EC, for American standards With these requirements in mind, it is Water must be microbiologically can be treated, disinfected, or
see IBWA. important to promote a grade of safe at source without de-chlorinated. Removal and
disinfection and have a stable remineralization is permitted
BEVPOR filter which can retain these
mineral content. to create a desired mineral
These regulations influence the levels contaminants but not influence the balance and taste. Carbon
of treatment which are permitted to natural microflora of the source water. dioxide may be added to create
a sparkling water.
produce each product, so care must be In this case, a fully validated
taken to understand the restrictions of sterilizing grade BEVPOR filter would
each individual plant when proposing be unsuitable for bottled water
filtration solutions. marketed as NMW. The micron rating
of the BEVPOR product can therefore
It is essential that the bottled water be decided through a consultative
must be safe to drink, so it must be process to clearly define the target
free from pathogenic organisms such contaminants required to be removed,
as: whilst protecting the natural
• Eschericia coli microflora present from the source.
• Faecal streptococci
• Non-sporulated sulphite reducing
anaerobes
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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