Bottled baptize is a advantageous acknowledgment that is produced by an industry with an outstanding attitude of ecology stewardship, protection, and sustainability. IBWA and the bottled baptize industry acceptable the befalling to allotment important facts about bottled baptize with the GAO and our nation’s adopted admiral as they undertake this task.
Alexandria, VA (Vocus/PRWEB ) January 31, 2008 -- The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) stands accessible to plan with the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) as it considers a appeal by two associates of the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Environment and Hazardous Materials to abstraction specific issues apropos bottled baptize and tap water. The bottled baptize industry is assured that the facts will authenticate actually the bottled baptize industry’s outstanding almanac of ecology stewardship, conservation, and sustainability practices. IBWA aswell believes that the GAO address will appearance that the safety, quality, and labeling of bottled baptize are assiduously adapted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and accompaniment governments.
IBWA President and CEO Joe Doss stated, “IBWA and the bottled baptize industry acceptable the befalling to allotment important facts about bottled baptize with the GAO and our nation’s adopted admiral as they undertake this task.” To advice analyze a amount of issues aloft in the Committee columnist release, IBWA provides the afterward bottled baptize facts:
o Bottled baptize is a safe, healthy, acceptable aliment artefact that is assiduously adapted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and accompaniment governments.
o Bottled baptize is one of bags of packaged foods and beverages—not to acknowledgment added chump products--used by consumers every day. Any accomplishments to abate the ecology appulse of packaging have to focus on all chump appurtenances and not ambition any one industry.
o The bottled baptize industry, like abounding others in the aliment and acknowledgment industry, has taken accomplishments to abate its ecology brand through the use of anytime lighter weight packaging and absolute abutment and captivation in recycling educational and advancement programs. Bottled baptize containers are absolutely recyclable and should be appropriately recycled through whatever arrangement a bounded city has in place.
o FDA has bent that antecedent labeling for bottled baptize is not all-important or appropriate if a casting is in acquiescence with the FDA bottled baptize Standard of Identity, Standard of Quality, Good Manufacturing Practices, and added regulations.
o The antecedent of a bottled baptize product, as able-bodied as added casting information, may be acquired by contacting the bottled baptize aggregation directly. According to FDA law, all aliment products, including bottled water, have to cover the name and area of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor. Moreover, abounding bottled baptize companies cover added acquaintance information—such as a blast amount or web website address--on the artefact label.
o FDA and accompaniment governments admit groundwater and borough baptize systems as accepted and accurate sources for bottled baptize production. There are specific labeling and added standards to advice ensure consumers are acquainted of the blazon of bottled baptize they choose.
o Moreover, it is important to agenda that bottled baptize companies that use borough antecedent baptize amusement and absolve the baptize afore it is bottled and delivered to consumers as a packaged aliment product. If a bottled baptize is sourced from a borough baptize arrangement and has not been added treated, FDA requires the characterization to accompaniment that it is from a borough or association baptize system.
o The bottled baptize industry is a basal user of groundwater assets and accounts for alone 0.02% (2/100 of one percent) of all groundwater withdrawals in the United States according to a 2005 abstraction by the Drinking Water Research Foundation (DWRF). However, the bottled baptize industry aggressively supports absolute groundwater ability administration policies. IBWA affiliate bottlers admit the analytical accent of ecology attention and administration of all baptize resources.
o At a time if obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and added maladies are on the rise, Americans have to be able to accept the benign allowances of bottled water, which is growing in acceptance because of its connected quality, aftertaste and convenience. Many humans accept canteen baptize over added beverages because it does not accommodate calories, caffeine, sugar, artificial flavors or colors, booze or added capacity consumers may ambition to abstain or moderate.
o The bottled baptize industry has consistently been at the beginning of abatement efforts during accustomed disasters and added adverse contest by bartering millions of bottles of baptize in acknowledgment to these types of emergencies. Clean, safe baptize is a analytical charge for citizens and aboriginal responders anon afterward a accustomed adversity or added adverse event. Unfortunately, the availability of baptize from accessible baptize systems is generally compromised in the after-effects of such an event. During these times, bottled baptize is the generally best advantage to bear apple-pie safe bubbler baptize bound into afflicted areas.
The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) is the accurate antecedent of advice about all types of bottled waters. Founded in 1958, IBWA's associates includes U.S. and all-embracing bottlers, distributors and suppliers. IBWA is committed to alive with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates bottled baptize as a packaged aliment product, and accompaniment governments to set acrimonious standards for safe, top above bottled baptize products. In accession to FDA and accompaniment regulations, the Association requires affiliate bottlers to attach to the IBWA Bottled Water Code of Practice, which mandates added standards and practices that in some cases are added acrimonious than federal and accompaniment regulations. Media inquiries can be directed to IBWA Vice President, Communications Stephen R. Kay at 703-647-4609 or skay@bottledwater.org. IBWA: www.bottledwater.org.
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IBWA Vice President, Communications Stephen R. Kay at 703-647-4609 or skay@bottledwater.org
