CAC/RCP 33-1985 Code of Hygienic Practice for Collecting, Processing and Marketing of Natural Mineral Waters
INTRODUCTION
1. This Code recommends appropriate hygienic practices for collecting natural mineral waters, their treatment, bottling, packaging, storage, transport, distribution and sale for direct consumption, so as to guarantee a safe, healthy and wholesome product. These hygienic practices are particularly important,because some hygiene control measures usually applied to bottled waters cannot be used for natural mineral
waters.
1. SECTION I – OBJECTIVES
2. The Code of hygienic practice for collecting, processing and marketing of natural mineral waters
• Identifies the necessary requirements that have to be fulfilled in order to ensure the distribution of natural mineral waters that are safe and suitable for human consumption.
• Recommends an approach based on the principles of the Recommended International Code of Practice - General Principles of Food Hygiene (abbreviated in this document as General Principles of Food Hygiene).
• Recommends conducting a specific hazard analysis in the overall context of the application of principles such as HACCP to the production of natural mineral waters.
• Provides guidance containing conditions specifically linked to natural mineral waters.
