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College Ban Facts 412

According to the Beverage Marketing Corporation (BMC), the average price per gallon of domestic non-sparkling bottled water was $1.21 in 2010. As a popular retail food product, bottled water is available at many differing price points.

College Ban Facts 411

The FDA has established bottled water Standards of Quality for more than 90 substances [21 C.F.R. § 165.110 (b)].  Most FDA bottled water quality standards are the same as the EPA’s maximum contaminant levels (MCL) for tap water systems. The few differences are usually the result of the fact that the substance is not found in bottled water, or the substance is regulated under another provision of law such as the FDA’s food additives program.

College Ban Facts 410

According to a 2005 study by the Drinking Water Research Foundation (DWRF), annual bottled water production accounts for less than 2/100 of 1 percent (0.02%) of the total groundwater withdrawn in the United States each year. Additionally, on average, 87 percent of the water withdrawn by bottled water companies is actually bottled for consumption by humans, so the bottling process is a very efficient one.

College Ban Facts 409

Bottled water containers, as with all food packaging materials, must be made from FDA-approved food contact substances.

So, the plastic and glass containers that are used for bottled water products (which are made from the same materials used in other food product containers) have undergone FDA scrutiny prior to being available for use in the market place. The FDA has determined that the containers used by the bottled water industry are safe for use with food and beverage products, including bottled water, and that they do not pose a health risk to consumers.

College Ban Facts 408

The FDA management of the bottled water program is based out of the FDA/Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), located in College Park, Maryland. In addition to staff directly responsible for oversight of bottled water, CFSAN has over 800 employees, including highly specialized professionals such as chemists, microbiologists, toxicologists, food technologists, molecular biologists, pharmacologists, nutritionists, and physicians.

College Ban Facts 407

It is important to note that purified bottled water is not just tap water in a bottle, even if it does come from a municipal source. Once the municipal source water enters the bottled water plant, several processes are employed to ensure that it meets the purified or sterile standard of the U.S. Pharmacopeia 23rd Revision. These treatments can include ozonation, reverse osmosis, distillation, or de-ionization. The finished water product is then placed in a bottle under sanitary conditions and sold to the consumer.

College Ban Facts 406

FDA's jurisdiction over bottled water products (and any other product regulated by FDA) extends not only to those products that move in interstate commerce but also to those products sold within a single state that are enclosed in packaging materials that have moved in interstate commerce.

College Ban Facts 405

By federal law, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations governing the safety and quality of bottled water must be as stringent as the EPA regulations which govern tap water.  To suggest in any way that bottled water is less stringently regulated than tap water is unfounded and untrue.

Jun 4, 2012

Bottled Water Gets a Bad Rap

These drink cases are from a local convenience store.   There are three cases of all other kinds of flavored drinks compared to one case with water.  So why is the bottled water industry vilified?

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