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Regulations for Mineral Waters

As with most things in life, there are regulations around mineral waters. Water is not just water, but it is categorised. It must fulfill specific criteria to be sold as mineral water or to belong to another of several specific categories.

These regulations are mostly specific to each country. Below is a list of regulations of some countries. Official definitions and regulations have been left in the original language.

Austria
Canada
European Union
Germany
Switzerland
USA
Taiwan

If you know regulations of other countries, please send them to regulations@mineralwaters.org

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