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The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (revoked)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Introductory

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Exemptions

  3. PART 2 Natural mineral water

    1. 4.Recognition as natural mineral water

    2. 5.Exploitation of natural mineral water springs

    3. 6.Treatments and additions for natural mineral water

    4. 7.Bottling of natural mineral water

    5. 8.Marking, labelling and advertisement of natural mineral waters

    6. 9.Sale of natural mineral water

  4. PART 3 Spring water

    1. 10.Bottling of spring water and exploitation of spring water springs

    2. 11.Marking, labelling and advertisement of spring water

    3. 12.Sale of spring water

  5. PART 4 Bottled drinking water

    1. 13.Bottling of drinking water

    2. 14.Marking, labelling and advertising of bottled drinking water

    3. 15.Sale of bottled drinking water

  6. PART 5 Miscellaneous and supplemental

    1. 16.Enforcement

    2. 17.Arrangements for samples taken for analysis

    3. 18.Submission of samples to the Government Chemist

    4. 19.Methods of analysis

    5. 20.Offences and penalties

    6. 21.Defences

    7. 22.Application of other provisions

    8. 23.Revocations

  7. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Conditions for treatment of natural mineral waters and spring waters with ozone-enriched air

      1. 1.Treatment of natural mineral waters and spring waters with ozone-enriched...

      2. 2.Treatment of natural mineral waters and spring waters with ozone-enriched...

      3. 3.A person seeking to have a process of treatment with...

      4. 4.The food authority shall assess the application and any information...

      5. 5.Where the food authority decides to authorise a treatment process...

      6. 6.Where the food authority refuses to authorise a treatment process...

      7. 7.Where a treatment process has been authorised pursuant to paragraph...

      8. 8.If the food authority is satisfied that the conditions in...

      9. 9.Where the food authority decides either not to grant or...

      10. 10.Upon receiving the application for review, the Agency shall make...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Requirements for spring water and drinking water including prescribed concentrations or values of parameters

      1. PART 1 Requirements for spring water and drinking water

        1. 1.Water satisfies the requirements of this Schedule if–

        2. 2.The concentrations or values of the parameters listed in Tables...

      2. PART 2 Prescribed concentrations or values

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Recognition of natural mineral waters

      1. PART 1 Natural mineral waters extracted from the ground in Scotland

        1. 1.A person seeking to have water which is extracted from...

        2. 2.The particulars are– (a) the particulars in paragraph 1 of...

        3. 3.In so far as particulars of any of the anions,...

        4. 4.Where such particulars have been given, the food authority shall...

        5. 5.The food authority shall, on recognising a natural mineral water...

      2. PART 2 Natural mineral waters extracted from the ground in a country other than an EEA State

        1. 1.A person seeking to have a water which is extracted...

        2. 2.The particulars are– (a) those specified in paragraph 1 of...

        3. 3.In so far as particulars of any of the anions,...

        4. 4.The Agency shall not recognise such a water unless the...

        5. 5.Recognition of such water shall lapse after a period of...

        6. 6.The Agency shall, on recognising water in accordance with this...

      3. PART 3 Requirements and criteria for recognition as a natural mineral water

        1. 1.Geological and hydrological surveys must include the following particulars–

        2. 2.Physical, chemical and physico-chemical surveys must establish–

        3. 3.Microbiological analysis at source must show– (a) the absence of...

        4. 4.(1) Subject to sub paragraph (2), clinical and pharmacological analyses...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Exploitation and bottling requirements for natural mineral water and spring water

      1. 1.Equipment for exploiting the water must be so installed as...

      2. 2.The spring or outlet must be protected against the risks...

      3. 3.The catchment, pipes and reservoirs must be of materials suitable...

      4. 4.The conditions of exploitation, particularly the washing and bottling plant,...

      5. 5.(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), water must not...

      6. 6.(1) The revivable total colony count of the water at...

      7. 7.(1) After bottling, the total colony count at source may...

      8. 8.Water shall be free from– (a) parasites and pathogenic micro...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Particulars of anions, cations, non-ionised compounds and trace elements

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Maximum limits for constituents of natural mineral waters

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      Performance characteristics for analysing the constituents in Schedule 6

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      Labelling indications for natural mineral water and criteria for use

  9. Explanatory Note

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