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GB 8537-2018National food safety standard -- Drinking natural mineral water (English PDF)

食品安全国家标准饮用天然矿泉水

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Issued by

National Health Commission and State Administration for Market Regulation

Level / Type

National · Mandatory

Issue date

June 21, 2018

Implementation date

June 21, 2019

Scope

GB 8537-2018 is the English-translated version of 食品安全国家标准饮用天然矿泉水.

GB 8537-2018 — This Standard is applicable to drinking natural mineral water.

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Document preview — GB 8537-2018

National Standard of the People's Republic of China

Issued by: National Health Commission and State Administration for Market Regulation

Foreword...3
1 Scope...4
2 Terms and Definitions...4
3 Technical Requirements...5
4 Others...8

Foreword

This Standard serves as a replacement of GB 8537-2008 Drinking Natural Mineral

Water.

In comparison with GB 8537-2008, this Standard has the following main changes.

---The requirements of water sources are modified;

---The sensory requirements are modified;

---The boundary indexes are modified;

---The limit indexes are modified;

---The microbial limit is modified;

---Some requirements in the clause of marking are deleted.

National Food Safety Standard -

Drinking Natural Mineral Water

1 Scope

This Standard is applicable to drinking natural mineral water.

2 Terms and Definitions

2.1 Drinking Natural Mineral Water

Drinking natural mineral water refers to water, which naturally surges out from deep

underground or is gathered through well drilling; which contains a certain amount of

mineral substances, trace elements or other ingredients; which is uncontaminated in a

certain area or adopts precautionary measures to prevent from contamination.

2.1.1 Gas-containing natural mineral water

Gas containing natural mineral water refers to natural mineral water, which allows the

elimination of unstable components through the methods of aeration, decantation and

filtration in the processing technology, allows recycle and filling of homogenous carbon

dioxide on the premise of not changing the basic characteristics and main component

content of drinking natural mineral water. After packaging, at normal temperature and

pressure, there shall be visible natural release and bubbles generated by

homogeneous carbon dioxide.

2.1.4 Degassed natural mineral water

Degassed natural mineral water refers to natural mineral water, which allows the

elimination of unstable components and carbon dioxide in water through the method

of aeration, decantation and filtration in the processing technology on the premise of

not changing the basic characteristics and main component content of drinking natural

mineral water. After packaging, at normal temperature and pressure, there shall be no

visible natural release of carbon dioxide.

3 Technical Requirements

3.1 Requirements of Raw Materials

Source water shall naturally surge out from deep underground or shall be collected

through well drilling.

3.2 Sensory Requirements

Sensory requirements shall comply with the stipulation in Table 1.

3.3 Physical and Chemical Indexes

3.6 Food Additives

The usage of food additives shall comply with the stipulation in GB 2760.

4 Others

4.1 Pack water near water sources; source water shall not be transported with a

container or canned in a different place.

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