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How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
The unit is a specialist in aerobiology, biocontainment and biosafety. The unit provides government departments and the commercial sector with expertise, advice and consultancy.
What local authorities must do to grant recognition for natural mineral water and carry out ongoing checks.
The Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF) is an independent scientific committee that provides expert advice to government on microbiological issues and food. ACMSF is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Food Standards Agency .
Environment Agency regulatory position on treating microbiological laboratory waste by autoclaving before it’s removed from a site.
How to register as a producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market bottled drinking water.
Literature review on water quality standards and microbiological contamination
The laboratory provides diagnostic microbiological testing services for the examination of food, water and environmental samples.
UK Health Security Agency's laboratories provide a comprehensive range of microbiological tests and services.
How to register as a spring water producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market spring water.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) provides proficiency testing (PT) schemes, also known as external quality assessment (EQA) schemes.
This external quality assessment (EQA) scheme is particularly suited to laboratories in the water testing and clinical microbiology sectors that examine hospital tap waters.
Paper prepared by the Environmental and Modelling group (EMG) for the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).
Guidance and responsibilities of the UK's National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for food microbiology.
Public Health England provides PT schemes for food and water microbiology.
Information on the safety of transplanting human organs, tissues and cells from the advisory committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO).
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