California Health and Safety Code

§ 111075

HSC § 111075 Effective Jan 1, 1996Div. 104 · Part 5 · Ch. 5 · Art. 12

Statute text

(a)Any person who processes, packages, distributes, transfers, or stores bottled water or vended water shall comply with the good manufacturing practices described in Part 129 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(b)Prior to bottling or vending water, the water shall be subjected to filtration and effective germicidal treatment by ozone, ultraviolet, carbon dioxide, or an equivalent disinfection process approved by the department, except that the requirements for filtration and germicidal treatment shall not apply to mineral water as defined in and from a source that is subject to the council directive of the European Economic Community pertaining to natural mineral waters, dated July 15, 1980, or that is subject to any other natural mineral water standard in the country of origin that prohibits filtration and germicidal treatment, so long as both of the following conditions are met:

(1)The source and product are certified by the responsible authority in the country of origin as complying with microbiological standards at least equal to the standards of this article.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.