Section He-P 2102.05 - Bottled Water Sample Requirements(a) All samples of bottled water sources or finished product, located within the continental United States, shall be analyzed by a laboratory which has been accredited according to Env-C 300.(b) All samples of bottled water sources or finished product, located outside the continental United States, shall be analyzed by a laboratory which has been accredited according to Env-C 300 or has been certified according to the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) "ISO/IEC 17025:2017 General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories" (2017 edition), as noted in Appendix A.(c) To assure that the plant's production of bottled water is in compliance with the quality standards set forth in He-P 2102.02, the plant ownership shall collect samples of finished product for analysis as follows: (1) For microbiological standards, analyze, at least once each week, a sample from a batch or segment of the continuous production for each type of finished bottled water produced by the plant; and (2) For chemical, physical, and radiological standards, analyze, at least once each calendar year, a sample from a batch or segment of a continuous product run for each type of finished bottled water produced by the plant.(d) The samples required by (1) and (2) above shall be derived from primary containers or unit packages of the productN.H. Admin. Code § He-P 2102.05
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