Fluoride in bottled water delayed
The November edition of Food and Drink Business magazine reports that the application by the Australian Beverages Council (ABCL) and Australasian Bottled Water Institute for Food Standards ANZ (FSANZ) approval to add fluoride to certain bottled waters may now take up to five years.
This delay arises from the FSANZ deciding that the application would incur a fee of $91,000 for what it says is a Category 5 application - that could take from 651-1050 hours to complete. Since most beverage companies could not afford such a fee, the matter will now be handled as part of the FSANZ's general work program and could take up to five years to complete.
In other news related to the beverage industry, their commitment to use standard labelling of beverages to help parents and children to understand the proportion of daily energy intake each serve represents is a welcome development. For more information about this, visit the ABCL website.
This delay arises from the FSANZ deciding that the application would incur a fee of $91,000 for what it says is a Category 5 application - that could take from 651-1050 hours to complete. Since most beverage companies could not afford such a fee, the matter will now be handled as part of the FSANZ's general work program and could take up to five years to complete.
In other news related to the beverage industry, their commitment to use standard labelling of beverages to help parents and children to understand the proportion of daily energy intake each serve represents is a welcome development. For more information about this, visit the ABCL website.
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