PART 2Natural mineral water
Sale of natural mineral water13
1
A person must not sell water which is bottled and labelled “natural mineral water” unless that water is natural mineral water recognised in accordance with regulation 4(2).
2
A person must not sell bottled natural mineral water if it—
a
has been extracted from a spring which is exploited in contravention of regulation 8;
b
has been subjected to any treatment or addition in contravention of regulation 9;
c
is bottled in contravention of regulation 10;
d
is labelled in contravention of regulation 11; or
e
is advertised in contravention of regulation 12.
3
A person must not sell bottled natural mineral water—
a
which contains—
i
parasites or pathogenic micro-organisms;
ii
Escherichia coli or other coliforms and faecal streptococci in any 250ml sample examined;
iii
sporulated sulphite-reducing anaerobes in any 50ml sample examined; or
iv
Pseudomonas aeruginosa in any 250 ml sample examined;
b
where the total colony count of the water at the source from which that water was taken does not comply with paragraph 7 of Schedule 4;
c
where the revivable total colony count of that water is in excess of that which would result from the normal increase in the bacterial count which it had at source; or
d
where that water contains any organoleptic defect.
4
A person must not sell natural mineral water from the same spring under more than one trade description.