Regulation 6 Treatments and additions for natural mineral water

England and Wales

F1(1)

No person shall subject natural mineral water in its state at source to—

(a)

any treatment other than—

(i)

an authorised ozone-enriched air oxidation technique,

(ii)

the separation of its unstable elements, such as iron and sulphur compounds, by filtration or decanting, whether or not preceded by oxygenation, in so far as the treatment does not alter the composition of the water as regards the essential constituents which give it its properties,

(iii)

the total or partial elimination of free carbon dioxide by exclusively physical methods, or

(iv)

an authorised activated alumina treatment; or

(b)

any addition other than the introduction or the re-introduction of carbon dioxide to produce effervescent natural mineral water.

(2)

Paragraph (1) shall not prevent the use of natural mineral water in the manufacture of soft drinks.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 6(1) substituted (9.4.2010) by The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/433), regs. 1, 4