The Government approved three sets of sanitary rules for mineral water, IPN reports.

These are the Sanitary Regulation on the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral water; the Sanitary Regulation on the establishment of the list, the concentration limits and the labeling requirements for the content of natural mineral water; and the Sanitary Regulation on the use of activated alumina to eliminate fluorides from natural mineral water of spring water.

Under the new regulations, it is forbidden to sell natural mineral water containing toxic compounds or not meeting organoleptic parameters. In order to protect infants and young children, if the fluorine content of natural mineral water exceeds certain values (as recommended by the WHO), the label shall include a reference in this respect in a way that is easily visible to the consumer.

These rules are expected to inform consumers better about the composition of natural mineral water. At the same time, aligning our rules with EU law will be beneficial to export promotion and trade facilitation in European and other markets.