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This is an article by the FDA. It is some good information if you drink a lot of bottled water. Americans drink billions of gallons of bottled water each year. Find out about FDA's role in ensuring that bottled water products are safe.

U.S. consumers have a big thirst for bottled water, buying more than 8 billion gallons of it in 2007 alone, according to the International Bottled Water Association.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates bottled water products, working to ensure that they're safe to drink.

FDA protects consumers of bottled water through the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), which makes manufacturers responsible for producing safe, wholesome, and truthfully labeled food products.

There are regulations that focus specifically on bottled water, including

• "standard of identity" regulations that define different types of bottled water
• "standard of quality" regulations that set maximum levels of contaminants—including chemical, physical, microbial and radiological contaminants—allowed in bottled water
• "current good manufacturing practice" (CGMP) regulations that require bottled water to be safe and produced under sanitary conditions Complete Article Here

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