Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 40 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Chapter 40-7 - FOOD DIVISION REGULATIONS › Subject 40-7-6 - ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO COMMERCIALLY BOTTLED WATER AND WATER VENDING MACHINES › Rule 40-7-6-.01 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) "Approved
				Laboratory" A Laboratory approved by the Georgia Department of Agriculture, or
				certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, (U.S. EPA).
(2) "Approved Source" When used in reference
				to a bottled water plant's product water or water used in the plant's
				operations, means the source of the water whether it be from a spring, artesian
				well, drilled well, public or community water system or any other source that
				has been inspected and the water sampled, analyzed, and found to be of a safe
				and sanitary quality. The presence in the plant of a current certificate or
				notification of approval from U.S. EPA or the Commissioner shall constitute
				approval of the source.
(3)
				"Artesian Water" means bottled water from a well tapping a confined aquifer in
				which the water level stands above the water table. "Artesian Water" shall meet
				the requirements of "Natural Water."
(4) "Bottled Water" means water that is
				placed in a sealed container or package and is offered for sale for human
				consumption or other consumer uses.
(5) "Bottled Water Plant" means any place or
				establishment in which bottled water is prepared for sale.
(6) "Distilled Water" means bottled water
				which has been produced by a process of distillation and meets the definition
				of purified water in the most recent edition of the United States
				Pharmacopoeia.
(7) "Drinking Water"
				means bottled water obtained from an approved source that has at minimum
				undergone treatment consisting of filtration activated carbon or particulate
				and ozonation or an equivalent disinfection process.
(8) "Fluoridated Water" means bottled water
				containing fluoride. The label shall specify whether the fluoride is naturally
				occurring or added. Any water which meets the definition of this paragraph
				shall contain not less than 0.8 milligrams per liter fluoride ion and otherwise
				comply with the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") quality standards in Part
				165.110(b)(4)(ii) of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations
				("C.F.R.").
(9) "Commissioner"
				means the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
(10) "Mineral Water" means bottled water that
				containing not less than 250 parts per million Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
				coming from a source tapped at one or more bore holes or springs, originating
				from a geologically and physically protected underground water source. Mineral
				water shall be distinguished from other types of water by its constant level
				and relative proportions of minerals and trace elements at the point of
				emergence from the source, due account being taken of the cycles of natural
				fluctuations. No minerals may be added to this water. "Natural Mineral Water"
				shall meet the requirements of "Natural Water".
(11) "Natural Water" means bottled spring,
				mineral, artesian, or well water which is derived from an underground
				formation, which is not altered, and is not derived from a municipal system or
				public water supply.
(12) "Plant
				Operator" means any entity who owns or operates a bottled water
				plant.
(13) "Purified Water" means
				bottled water produced by distillation, deionization, reverse osmosis, or other
				suitable process and that meets the definition of purified water in the most
				recent edition of the United States Pharmacopoeia. Water which meets the
				definition of this paragraph and is vaporized, then condensed, may be labeled
				"distilled water".
(14) "Spring
				Water" means water which is:
(1) derived from
				an underground formation from which water flows naturally to the surface of the
				earth;
(2) not derived from a
				municipal system or public water supply;
(3) collected only at the spring or through a
				borehole into the same underground water-bearing zone; provided, however, water
				collected with the assistance of external force to protect the water shall
				retain all the physical properties of and be of the same chemical composition
				and quality as the water that flows naturally to the surface and
(4) pre-emptive standards prescribed by the
				Food and Drug Administration in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21 Part
				165 and supplements thereto.