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IBWA Position Statement on False and Misleading Claims by the Environmental Working Group on Bottled Water Labeling. Bottled Water Matters is the official voice of the bottled water industry. We are a coalition formed by the International Bottled Water Association. We give bottled water consumers a voice to share their ideas about bottled water safety, the bottled water facts, types of bottled water, healthy bottled water companies and commitment to recycling.

MYTH BOTTLED WATER ISN'T AS REGULATED AS TAP WATER. FACT By federal law, the FDA regulations governing the safety and quality of bottled water must be as stringent as the EPA regulations which govern tap water. To suggest in any way that bottled water is less stringently regulated than tap water is simply not true. Bottled water companies produce a safe, healthy, and convenient packaged food product that is comprehensively and stringently regulated by the FDA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq., and applicable sections of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Bottled water must meet the FDA's general food regulations, as well as standards of identity, standards of quality, good manufacturing practices and labeling requirements specifically promulgated for bottled water. The FDA has issued comprehensive bottled water Standards of Identity, which provide uniform requirements and definitions for the following bottled water classifications: bottled, drinking, artesian, groundwater, distilled, deionized, reverse osmosis, mineral, purified, sparkling, spring, sterile, and well water [21 C.F.R. § 165.110 (a)].

Bottled Water Matters is the official voice of the bottled water industry. We are a coalition formed by the International Bottled Water Association. We give bottled water consumers a voice to share their ideas about bottled water safety, the bottled water facts, types of bottled water, healthy bottled water companies and commitment to recycling.

Bottled Water Matters is the official voice of the bottled water industry. We are a coalition formed by the International Bottled Water Association. We give bottled water consumers a voice to share their ideas about bottled water safety, the bottled water facts, types of bottled water, healthy bottled water companies and commitment to recycling.

Bottled Water Matters is the OFFICIAL voice of the bottled water industry. We are a coalition formed by the International Bottled Water Association. We give bottled water consumers a voice to share their ideas about bottled water safety, the bottled water facts, types of bottled water, healthy bottled water companies and commitment to recycling.

Bottled Water Matters is the official voice of the bottled water industry. We are a coalition formed by the IBWA. We give bottled water consumers a voice to share their ideas about bottled water safety, the bottled water facts, types of bottled water, healthy bottled water companies and commitment to recycling.

BOTTLED WATER - THE NATION'S HEALTHIEST PACKAGED BEVERAGE IS OFFICIALLY AMERICA'S FAVORITE Americans are drinking more bottled water than any other packaged beverage--outselling carbonated soft drinks, by volume, for the first time in history, the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) and the Beverage Marketing Corporation (BMC) announced today. Healthy, convenient, and safe, bottled water is America's favorite packaged water, according to the latest data from BMC. Bottled water sales increased by 10 percent in 2016, and now total $16 billion (wholesale). In 2016, total U.S. bottled water consumption grew by 8.6 percent to 12.8 billion gallons, up from 11.8 billion gallons in 2015. In addition, per-capita consumption is up 7.7 percent in 2016, with every person in America drinking an average of 39.3 gallons of bottled water last year, while average intake of carbonated soft drinks slipped to about 38.5 gallons, BMC statistics show.

types of bottled water: IBWA Purified Water, Mineral Water. The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) is the authoritative source of information about all types of bottled waters, mineral water bottlers, Bottled water brands, Water brands, Bottled water companies, purified water, packaged water and mineral water bottlers.

MYTH: BOTTLED WATER COMPANIES ARE DRAINING WATER SUPPLIES. FACT According to a 2005 study by the Drinking Water Research Foundation (DWRF), annual bottled water production accounts for less than 2/100 of one percent (0.02%) of the total groundwater withdrawn in the United States each year. Additionally, based on information gathered in the DWRF study, in 2001, 87% of the water withdrawn by bottled water companies, on average, was actually bottled for consumption by humans, so the bottling process is a very efficient one.

MYTH: THERE IS ONLY ONE STAFFER AT THE FDA WHO OVERSEES REGULATION OF THE ENTIRE BOTTLED WATER INDUSTRY. FACT The FDA management of the bottled water program is based out of the FDA/Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), located in College Park, Maryland. In addition to staff directly responsible for oversight of bottled water, CFSAN has over 800 employees, including highly specialized professionals such as chemists, microbiologists, toxicologists, food technologists, molecular biologists, pharmacologists, nutritionists, and physicians. While these individuals and their staffs oversee regulatory enactment and enforcement of the bottled water industry, the significant work is done by both FDA regional offices in the United States and the states themselves. Inspections and enforcement all happen in these locations, not in College Park. All 50 states have delegation agreements with FDA, meaning that when they inspect a bottled water plant (or ANY food processing facility) they act with the full authority of the FDA.

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TYPES OF WATER : IBWA purified water, Sources of Tap Water. The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) is the authoritative source of information about all types of bottled waters, mineral water bottlers, Bottled water brands, Water brands, Bottled water companies, purified water, packaged water and mineral water bottlers.

New data from the the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) and Beverage Marketing Corporation (BMC) show that in 2015 Americans' consumption of bottled water increased by 7.9 percent and bottled water sales are up 8.9 percent since the previous year. In fact, BMC now indicates that bottled water is poised to overtake carbonated soft drinks as America's largest beverage category by volume by 2017, if not by the end of 2016.

Some groups have sought to frame drinking water issues as a "bottled water versus tap water debate" and that confuses consumers. Consumers are not uniformly replacing their public drinking water with bottled water; rather they are choosing bottled water over the other beverages available at the store and home.

The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) is the authoritative source of information about all types of bottled waters, mineral water bottlers, Bottled water brands, Water brands, Bottled water companies, purified water, packaged water and mineral water bottlers.

The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) is the authoritative source of information about all types of bottled waters, mineral water bottlers, Bottled water brands, Water brands, Bottled water companies, purified water, packaged water and mineral water bottlers.

Allied Purchasing is a member-owned purchasing co-op to improve members' bottom line through volume purchasing. The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) is the authoritative source of information about all types of bottled waters, mineral water bottlers, Bottled water brands, Water brands, Bottled water companies, purified water, packaged water and mineral water bottlers.

Bottled water is comprehensively regulated as a packaged food product by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and state regulatory agencies. The current system of bottled water regulation provides consumers with outstanding bottled water safety, quality and public health protection.

Drinking water - tap, filtered, or bottled - is important for healthy hydration and plays a vital role in people's lives. Consumers choose bottled water for several reasons, including taste, quality, and convenience.

The bottled water industry provides both fluoridated and non-fluoridated brands to provide consumers with choice, quality and convenience. A number of IBWA member companies produce fluoridated bottled water for consumers who want fluoride in their drinking water and wish to choose bottled water.