S.L. 449.44 ст. 14Specifications for official controls. Waters containing fluoride. Treatment with ozone-enriched air.

For the purposes of official controls, the specifications listed in the Fifth Schedule for analysing the constituents listed in the Fourth Schedule shall apply.

15.1. Natural mineral waters with a fluoride concentration exceeding 1.5 mgcl shall bear on the label the words ‘contains more than 1.5 mg/l of fluoride: not suitable for regular consumption by infants and children under 7 years of age’. 15.2 The label information laid down in regulation 15.1 shall be placed in immediate proximity to the trade name and in clearly visible characters.

15.3 Natural mineral waters which, under the terms of regulation 15.1, bear label information, shall indicate the actual fluoride content in relation to the physico-chemical composition in terms of essential constituents, as laid down in regulation 11.2. 16.1. Without prejudice to the provisions of regulation 8.1(b), application of the treatment of natural mineral waters with ozone-enriched air must be notified in advance to the responsible authority, which shall ensure that:

(a) use of such treatment is justified by the composition of the water in terms of compounds of iron, manganese, sulphur and arsenic;

(b) the operator takes all measures necessary to guarantee that the treatment is effective and safe and to allow it to be checked by the responsible authority. 16.2 Ozone-enriched air treatment of natural mineral waters must comply with all the following conditions:

(a) the physico-chemical composition of the natural mineral waters in terms of essential constituents shall not be modified by the treatment;

(b) the natural mineral water before treatment must comply with the microbiological criteria laid down in regulations 9.1 and 9.2;

(c) the treatment shall not lead to the formation of residues with a concentration exceeding the maximum limits laid down in the Sixth Schedule or residues which could pose a risk to public health. 16.3 Pursuant to regulation 11.2(c), the labelling of natural mineral waters which have been treated with ozone-enriched air shall bear, in proximity to the analytical composition of characteristic constituents, the words ‘water subjected to an authorised ozone-enriched air oxidation technique’. 16.4 The provisions of this regulation shall apply to spring waters.