Mineral Water still water 50cl

Mineral Water 50cl

Water is essential and is indispensable for the human body making up 75 to 80 percent by weight of the body of a newborn and about 60 percent for an adult. Besides having a structural role, water is involved in numerous metabolic functions, such as digestion and renal clearance. It helps provide a good ionic balance of the body. At any time 10-15 litres of water are circulating in the gut of an average adult in order to ensure the digestion of food and as well as its subsequent assimilation. Much of this large amount of water is however absorbed by the colon, thereby avoiding an excessive loss of minerals.

Originating from aquifers located at considerable depths underground, natural mineral waters are unpolluted water systems whose chemical composition is of natural origin and derived exclusively from the natural interaction of water and rock. For that reason no two waters are the same – their unique chemical composition is unchanging over time.

In the Journal of the European Union, the following clear and precise definition of a Natural Mineral Water was published; “Natural mineral water means microbiologically wholesome water… originating in an underground water table or deposit and emerging from a spring tapped at one or more natural or bore exits.

Natural mineral water can be clearly distinguished from ordinary drinking water:
(a) by its nature, which is characterised by its mineral content, trace elements or other constituents and, where appropriate, by certain effects
(b) by its original purity”

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Natural mineral water can be distinguished from ordinary drinking water: By its purity from the source:

• It comes from an aquifer properly identified and located
• Displays a specific chemical composition, unchanging over time.

The industrial exploitation of a Natural Mineral Water is properly regulated in national legislation and is dependent on the permission of the Ministry of Industry, with the assent of the Directorate General of Health, provided it has been shown that it meets all the requirements listed the definition of mineral water set by the EU. European legislation, the high standard for this type of natural water, also requires that:

• the spring or outlet is protected against the risks of pollution;
• the catchment, pipes and reservoirs are of materials suitable for water and so built as to prevent any chemical, physico-chemical or microbiological alteration of the water;
• the manufacturing facilities, including washing and bottling equipment, meet hygiene requirements; in particular, the containers shall be so treated or manufactured as to avoid adverse effects on the microbiological and chemical characteristics of the natural mineral water;
• competent state implement systematic surveillance programmes, which emphasize the specific characteristics of the resource.

CERTIFICATIONS

IFS
The associate members of the German retail federation and its French and Italian counterparts developed the IFS benchmark for branded food products retailer / wholesaler for the assessment of the quality system and food security providers in order to provide comparability and transparency throughout the supply chain and the creation of a uniform benchmark for food safety and quality assurance of products.

ISO 22000
The ISO 22000 standard provides requirements for a system of food safety management, in order to give companies the capacity to ensure food safety at the time of human onsumption. The purpose of this standard is to harmonize the global requirements for food safety management by operators of the food chain and is intended for application by organizations that promote a system of food safety management that is more focused, coherent and integrated than is generally required by law.