GB 17324-2003Hygienic standard of bottled purified water for drinking (English PDF)

3.1 Bottled (Barreled) Purified Water for Drinking

The water which is directly drinkable, containing no additives and sealed in a container,

and which is made of the raw material of water up to the hygienic standard of drinking

water, through electro-dialysis, ion exchange, reverse osmosis, distillation and other

appropriate processing methods.

Annex A

(Normative)

Hygienic Guidelines of Bottled (Barreled) Purified Water for Drinking

A.1 Purpose

The Guidelines are made in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Food

Hygiene Law of the People's Republic of China, in order to guide the production of

bottled (barreled) purified water for drinking, so as to make it meet the food hygiene

requirements and to ensure the health of the people.

A.2 Scope of Application

Bottled (barreled) purified water for drinking, i.e. the water which is directly drinkable,

containing no additives and sealed in a container, and which is made of the raw

material of water up to the hygienic standard of drinking water, through electro-dialysis,

ion exchange, reverse osmosis, distillation and other appropriate processing methods.

A.3 Guiding Principles

Article 1 The design and layout of all manufacturing plants newly-built, expanded

and rebuilt shall meet GB 14881 General Hygienic Regulation for Food Enterprises.

Article 2 The water treatment plant shall be enclosed; the filling plant shall be

enclosed and provided with an air cleaning unit to maintain the air cleanliness class up

to 1000, and it shall use automatic filling equipment.

Article 3 The equipment, pipes, tools, utensils and water storage facilities must be

made of non-toxic, odorless, corrosion-resistant, easy-to-clean materials; the surface

shall be smooth without pits, exfoliation, crack or blind end, which shall be not liable to

scale but easy to clean and disinfect; and it shall be easy for the storage tank to

discharge water, in order to avoid the formation of dead-water caused microbial

contamination.

Article 4 The packaging materials shall meet relevant national hygienic standards;

the use of recycled bottles shall be prohibited (except barrels). Automatic equipment

shall be used to clean and disinfect bottles and caps according to a strict standard.

Article 5 Take effective disinfection measures to ensure that the total number of

colonies, coliform and drug residue of terminal water or bottles and caps cleaned are

not detectable.

Article 6 The employees shall maintain good personal hygiene. Before entering the

workshop, they shall be dressed neatly including work clothes, work caps and work

shoes. The work clothes shall cover the outer clothing. The hair shall not come out of

the cap. The personnel entering the filling workshop shall be dressed for a second time,

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