Food Policy Friday: FDA to Conform to EPA Standards for E.Coli in Bottled Water

Gina Munsey — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:55:00 +0000

Drinking water poses a threat due to possible perchlorate contamination and BPA leaching from plastic, but it seems reasonable to assume that in the United States, bottled water is free from fecal matter. Yet until now, there were no requirements to test source water — 70% of which comes from the the same place as tap water.

Beginning December 1st, “bottled water containing E. coli will be considered adulterated,” says the US Food and Drug Administration. You don’t say? It doesn’t seem as though we’d need a press release to tell us that, but this is the FDA we’re talking about.

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Food Policy Friday: FDA to Conform to EPA Standards for E.Coli in Bottled Water