International Council of Bottled Water Associations Meets in Paris, France; Announces Adoption of Model Code, Other Actions.Business Editors WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2004 The International Council of Bottled Water Associations (ICBWA) met in Paris, France on February 23-24, 2004. Among the announcements made at the meeting were the following: -- The ICBWA Board of Directors recently adopted a Model Code of quality and safety standards Safety standards are standards designed to ensure the safety of products, activities or processes, etc. They may be advisory or compulsory and are normally laid down by an advisory or regulatory body that may be either voluntary or statutory. . The Model Code provides minimum requirements that must be followed by the members of all ICBWA organizations. Under the ICBWA Model Code, all bottlers must pass an annual, unannounced plant inspection by an independent, internationally recognized third-party organization. The inspection audits quality and testing records, reviews all areas of plant operation from source to finished product and checks compliance with all governmental regulations. -- The three standing ICBWA Committees -- Technical, Communications and Trade Show -- met and discussed issues of interest to the global bottled water industry. Agenda items considered included groundwater stewardship, World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. for drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. , research projects being considered by the Drinking Water Research Foundation (http://www.dwrf.info), a recent National Academy of Sciences (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ) report concerning daily consumption of drinking water and other beverages, a model product recall plan and dates and locations for ICBWA member trade shows and conventions. ICBWA was established in 2000 and represents bottled water associations from throughout the world. Its members are Asia Bottled Water Association, Australasian Bottled Water Institute The Australasian Bottled Water Institute Inc. or (ABWI) is a regional member of the International Council of Bottled Water Associations or (ICBWA). The regions covered are Australia, New Zealand and Oceana. , Canadian Bottled Water Association, European Bottled Water Federation, Latin American Bottled Water Association and the International Bottled Water Association This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. (United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ). ICBWA's mission is to strengthen and promote the global bottled water industry by supporting and adhering to rigorous international product standards, and by facilitating learning and providing a flow of information about the bottled water industry among its members, international agencies and stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. . The six ICBWA organizations represent over 2000 members in approximately 100 countries. The members include bottled water producers, distributors and suppliers. For additional information about ICBWA, go to: http://www.icbwa.org |
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