New amendment changes definition of natural mineral water.

The definition of Natural Mineral Water is amended as follows:

““natural mineral water” means water which—

(a) is microbiologically wholesome;

(b) originates in an underground water table or deposit and emerges from a spring tapped at one or more natural or bore exits;

(c) can be clearly distinguished from ordinary drinking water on account of the following characteristics having been preserved intact because of the underground origin of the water, which origin shall have been protected from all risk of pollution—

(i) its nature, which is characterised by its mineral content, trace elements or other constituents and, where appropriate, by certain effects, and

(ii) its original purity; and

(d) is for the time being recognised pursuant to and in accordance with regulation 4;”.