Guidance

Bottled and mineral water scheme: current distribution

This external quality assessment (EQA) scheme is suitable for laboratories that routinely monitor bottled and mineral waters for indicator organisms.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 16 April 2014
• Last updated: 11 June 2019
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  1. 11 June 2019

     Updated 'Bottled and mineral water scheme: example distribution request form'.

  2. 7 February 2019

     Added 'Bottled and mineral water scheme: distribution BMW21 request form'.

  3. 10 September 2018

     Added Bottled and mineral water scheme: distribution BMW20 request form.

  4. 31 January 2018

     Added 'Bottled and mineral water scheme: distribution BMW18 request form'.

  5. 7 September 2017

     Added bottled and mineral water scheme: distribution BMW17 request form.

  6. 12 May 2017

     Replaced BMW15 request form with BMW16 form.

  7. 2 February 2017

     Added bottled and mineral water scheme: distribution BMW15 request form.

  8. 13 September 2016

     Added bottled and mineral water scheme: distribution BMW14 request form.

  9. 13 May 2016

     Added bottled and mineral water scheme: distribution BMW13 request form.

  10. 5 February 2016

      Added bottled and mineral water scheme: distribution BMW12 request form.

  11. 5 August 2015

      Added bottled and mineral water scheme: distribution BMW11 request and report form.

  12. 16 April 2015

      Added bottled and mineral water scheme: distribution BMW10 request and report form.

  13. 5 February 2015

      Added bottled and mineral water scheme: distribution BMW9 request and report form.

  14. 16 April 2014

      First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 15 May 2025

This content is no longer up-to-date. For the most recent information, see the Food and Environment Proficiency Testing Unit (FEPTU) website.

Documents

Bottled and mineral water scheme: example distribution request form

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Details

This form is used to return results for the bottled and mineral water scheme.

The examinations covered are:

• Coliform bacteria
• Escherichia coli
• Enterococci
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Sporulated sulphite reducing anaerobes
• colony count 37ºC/24 h
• colony count 22ºC/72 h

For further information please email: foodeqa@phe.gov.uk