Spring water: how to produce and label
How to register as a spring water producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market spring water.
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How to use the service
Contact the Environment Agency to apply for a water abstraction licence . You’ll need this before you can take water from the spring. Apply to the local authority in the area the water is extracted to register as a food business for spring water. Carry out initial tests out on your spring water to make sure it complies with chemical, microbiological and radioactive limits. Send the results to the environmental health officer at the local authority who’s registering your business. Understand the rules you’ll need to follow when exploiting the spring . You need to know this to make sure your spring water is viable to produce. Understand what treatments you can use . You need to know this to make sure your spring water is viable to produce. Check the labelling rules you’ll need to follow. The local authority will register your business and premises when they’ve checked: your testing records that you’ve understood the rules you must comply with your premises meets hygiene conditions They’ll let you know in writing when you can start producing and marketing your spring water.
Requirements
You must test your spring water and make sure it complies with: chemical limits parasites and bacteria radioactive limits You should check that the laboratory testing your water has received third party accreditation for carrying out the method of testing that you have requested.
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