A few days ago, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and China National Standardization Administration jointly issued a new national standard for drinking natural mineral water (draft for comments). Compared with the original Drinking Natural Mineral Water (GB 8537- 1995), the draft has several major changes, especially the deletion of the total number of colonies, which has been welcomed by most enterprises in the industry. However, some experts and enterprises in the industry have pointed out whether the total number of colonies has actually lowered the industry threshold. Many enterprise executives have been complaining that the total number of colonies of steamed stuffed bun cakes sold on the street exceeds10 million, but the government departments are so demanding of drinking water.

In the past, the national standard of mineral water has been strictly limiting the total number of colonies, which should not exceed 50 per milliliter, said official website, a fitness foot machine. This is a headache for many water companies, especially bottled water. The total number of colonies in the circulation field exceeds the standard, and the price of water should be s520. Last year, the qualified rate of sampling inspection in the field of drinking water circulation in our province was only 38.3%, and a considerable number of enterprises were recruited because the total number of colonies exceeded the standard.

According to the data given by Guangdong Provincial Administration for Industry and Commerce, from 2005 to 2007, the unqualified batches of drinking water products increased year by year, with 9 1 in 2005, 96/in 2006 and 108 in 2007. It is precisely because the total number of colonies is strictly limited that many mineral water enterprises increase the amount of ozone to control the total number of colonies, which also increases the probability of bromate production.

It is understood that the new mineral water standard has increased the bromate index, deleted the total number of colonies and added three microbial indexes, namely Streptococcus faecalis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Clostridium perfringens.

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There is no total number of colonies in standards such as EU and USA.

It is understood that microbial indicators are the most important mandatory indicators in drinking water standards in various countries. However, in the latest standards such as WHO and the US Environmental Protection Agency, the total number of bacteria no longer appears in the standards, but the control of pathogenic bacteria is becoming more and more strict. Giardia, virus, cryptosporidium and Legionella are regarded as the control indicators of microorganisms in the standards of the US Environmental Protection Agency in 2003. Last year, France 1 18 tons of Evian mineral water was rejected by the State Inspection and Quarantine Bureau because the total number of colonies exceeded the standard, which was also caused by the difference between international standards and domestic standards.

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Support: it is helpful to improve the qualified rate of the industry.

Ren Haibin, general manager of Jialinshan mineral water, said in an interview that the reason why the country canceled the total number of colonies index is because the overall level of the industry is improving, which can be in line with international standards and is also conducive to the normal exchange of export trade, and will not be embarrassed by double standards. Zhou, general manager of Jing Tian Mineral Water, also believes that the reform has promoted the progress and development of the industry, and the qualification rate of the industry will also increase in the future.

Objection: This lowers the industry threshold.

Wang Jianguo, general manager of Dunan Quanming, thinks that it is inappropriate to cancel the total number of colonies in mineral water in the current situation of serious environmental pollution in China. There is no indicator of the total number of colonies in western developed countries. Jianerma pedicure machine official website is because of better environmental protection and excellent water quality. Food safety standards should be made more and more strict, and relaxation will only have a counterproductive effect on the development of the industry. At the same time, the new standard cancels the total number of colonies, increases three indicators of pathogenic bacteria, and also increases the inspection cost of enterprises in the future. In the past, it only took more than 30 yuan to check the total number of colonies. At present, the cost of official website test of Jianerma pedicure machine has increased by several hundred yuan, and the probability of the increase of these pathogens is very small, unless the water source and production process are seriously polluted.

Ma Youqi, secretary-general of Guangdong Drinking Water Industry Association, also said that canceling the total number of colonies may make some small enterprises mistakenly think that the industry threshold has been lowered and mineral water is better, thus conducting disorderly competition.