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Regulation No. 83 of the Minister of Social Affairs validating Health protection requirements for mineral water.

País/Territorio
Estonia
Tipo de documento
Reglamento
Fecha
2004
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Materia
Alimentación y nutrición
Palabra clave
Protección del consumidor Agua mineral Envasado/etiquetado Control de calidad de los alimentos/inocuidad de los alimentos
Área geográphica
Europa, Europa y Central Asia, Países de la Unión Europea, Europa Septentrional
Entry into force notes
This Regulation enters into force on 9 July 2004.
Resumen

The purpose of this Regulation is to establish requirements for natural mineral water, its recognition and handling. The quality requirements for potable water provided for in Water Act and the special requirements for treatment, water extraction equipment, labelling and microbiological conditions of spring water provided for in this Regulation shall be applied to spring water used for drinking purposes. The Regulation shall not apply to natural mineral water which: (a) is a medicinal product in the sense of the Medicinal Products Act; (b) is used for medical purposes in a thermal or a mineral water bath, or (c) is exported to third countries. Natural mineral water in the sense of this Regulation shall mean water used for the purpose of drinking and being microbiologically beneficial to health, originating from the groundwater layer and exiting in a spring which is protected against contamination, where water is extracted via one or several water extraction sites which are natural or artificially made usable. Natural mineral water is clearly different from usual potable water: (a) by composition and by characteristic content of minerals, microelements or other constituents and, if applicable, by specific effect; (b) by natural clearness; and (c) by stability of properties due to the water originating from underground and being protected against all types of contamination. In the course of extracting the mineral water, the composition, temperature and other significant properties of the natural mineral water must remain stable within the natural tolerances. These properties must not be affected by changes in the flow speed. Natural mineral water spring shall be taken into use after it has been determined that the water conforms to the established requirements. The natural mineral water must not have any organoleptic deficiencies. Transportation of natural mineral water shall be allowed only if using sales packages intended for consumers. The sales packages of natural mineral water shall bear the sales description “natural mineral water” or in case of effervescent, i.e. sizzling natural mineral waters also the following sales descriptions as necessary: (a) “naturally carbonised natural mineral water”; (b) “natural mineral water enriched with spring-originating gas”; and (c) “carbonised natural mineral water”.

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