Spring water: rules for local authorities
Rules that local authorities in England must follow when registering a premises to produce spring water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
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Bottled water producers may ask you to register their premises to produce spring water from a spring or borehole that sits in your local authority area. Follow these steps to register the premises for spring water. Check the producer has got a water abstraction licence . They must have this before they can take water from the spring. Make sure the producer has gathered the evidence to prove the water is safe and meets standards. Make sure the producer knows the conditions they must meet when exploiting the spring . Check if the producer wants to use treatments on the water. There are 5 treatments where they must follow certain rules. Make sure the producer knows the rules for labelling . When you’re satisfied the producer meets the rules, register the producer’s business as a food establishment for spring water. If you need to refuse, you should put this in writing to the producer. After registration, check the producer is complying with rules for exploiting the spring , treatments and labelling .
Requirements
The water must not contain more than the maximum limits for these chemicals. If there’s any risk of the water exceeding these limits, you must check that the producer has sampled and tested the water. However, they do not need to analyse a sample of the water if you’re both satisfied that: the equipment in contact with the spring water is certified not to leak acrylamide, epichlorohydrin and vinyl chloride into the water they’ve not used any flocculants containing these 3 chemicals The producer can demonstrate to you that any material used to come into contact with the water does not leak these chemicals into the water, by providing either a manufacturer’s: relevant certificate of conformity declaration of conformity declaration of performance
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Spring water: rules for local authorities
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