1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Introductory

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Exemptions

    4. 3A.Additional language

  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 1A

      CONDITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF NATURAL MINERAL WATER AND SPRING WATER WITH ACTIVATED ALUMINA TO REMOVE FLUORIDE

      1. 1.A person seeking to have authorised a treatment of natural...

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

      3. 3.Where the food authority decides to authorise a treatment pursuant...

      4. 4.Where the food authority refuses to authorise a treatment pursuant...

      5. 5.Where a treatment has been authorised pursuant to paragraph 2,...

      6. 6.If the food authority is satisfied that the conditions specified...

      7. 7.Where the food authority has informed an applicant under paragraph...

      8. 8.Upon receiving the application for review, the Agency shall—

      9. 9.In the case of such a direction, the food authority...

    3. 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

    4. 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 third country

        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...

    5. 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 equipment,...

      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.Both at source and during its marketing, water shall be...

    6. SCHEDULE 5

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

    7. SCHEDULE 6

      Maximum limits for constituents of natural mineral waters

    8. SCHEDULE 7

      Performance characteristics for analysing the constituents in Schedule 6

    9. SCHEDULE 8

      Labelling indications for natural mineral water and criteria for use

    10. SCHEDULE 9

      PROPERTIES, ELEMENTS, SUBSTANCES AND ORGANISMS, NOT BEING PARAMETERS, WHOSE CONCENTRATION OR VALUE IN BOTTLED DRINKING WATER AND SPRING WATER MUST BE DETERMINED BY AUDIT MONITORING

    11. SCHEDULE 10

      PARAMETERS , PROPERTIES, ELEMENTS, SUBSTANCES AND ORGANISMS IN RELATION TO WHICH CHECK MONITORING MUST BE CARRIED OUT

    12. SCHEDULE 11

      MINIMUM FREQUENCIES FOR SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS OF SPRING WATER AND BOTTLED DRINKING WATER

    13. SCHEDULE 12

      Monitoring for radioactive substances in spring water and bottled drinking water

      1. PART 1 General

        1. 1.General

        2. 2.Indicative dose

        3. 3.Sampling must be carried out at the frequencies specified in...

        4. 4.A food authority may use various reliable screening strategies to...

        5. 5.Subject to paragraph 7, if a food authority screens for...

        6. 6.If a food authority screens for an individual radionuclide or...

        7. 7.Paragraph 5 does not prohibit a food authority from screening...

        8. 8.If the gross alpha activity and gross beta activity are...

        9. 9.Tritium

        10. 10.Sampling must be carried out at the frequencies specified in...

        11. 11.If the concentration of tritium exceeds the parametric value specified...

        12. 12.Radon

        13. 13.The representative surveys must be designed in such a way...

        14. 14.Sampling must be carried out at the frequencies specified in...

        15. 15.Each food authority must monitor spring water and bottled drinking...

        16. 16.Exemption from monitoring

        17. 17.Treatment of bottled drinking water

        18. 18.Averaging

        19. 19.Remedial action

      2. PART 2 Minimum sampling and analysis frequencies

      3. PART 3 Parametric values for radon, tritium and indicative dose

    14. SCHEDULE 13

      Sampling and analysis for indicative dose in spring water and bottled drinking water

      1. PART 1 General

        1. 1.Analysis of samples

        2. 2.For each radionuclide specified in the second column of Table...

        3. 3.For each parameter specified in the first column of Table...

      2. PART 2

  9. Explanatory Note