the National People's Congress of Jilin Province, Jilin Forest Industry Group Chairman Park Canton New to the NPC Standing Committee "on the Prohibition of drinking water, food additives proposal to add" submitted motion. He appealed to the State Council administrative department of health and quality supervision departments should be based on people's lives and health and safety and respect for the principles of responsible, under the new "Food Safety Law" on the corresponding administrative norms and national standards were revised. This is consistent with the idea of people-oriented. Bai Guang
new representative stressed: Currently, due to various types of drinking water quality is different, different standards, combined with the concept of drinking water on the health of consumers is unclear, awareness is not strong, in drinking water only for the psychological state of thirst, safe and healthy drinking water has become an urgent national drinking water safety. We strongly recommend that countries have adopted the form of legislation or administrative regulations to ban food additives added in the drinking water.
He made this motion for three reasons:
First, from the nutritional point of view, food additives added to drinking water is completely unnecessary. Add in the drinking water of artificial food additives, minerals, not have any effect, technically not absolutely necessary, all the purpose is to meet the needs of manufacturers of commercial promotion. From the types of additives, the general no more than three, and some added sodium chloride, potassium chloride and magnesium sulfate, and some added sodium hydroxide. From the content point of view, natural mineral water mineral content of about 0.05%, less than a necessary daily intake of the body of 5%, which the body needs a far cry from the 21 kinds of minerals. China is a natural mineral water resources are very rich country, drinking natural mineral water to China's five largest distribution area of Jilin Changbai Mountain, for example, within the identified natural mineral water sources have 130, annual production of 80 million tons. Detection and evaluation of mineral water authority institutions in Europe - Germany FreSeniuS (Feilai Sen) Research Institute of the mineral water sources Changbai Mountain in trace elements, physical and chemical, biochemical, organic, pesticide and other 21 categories and 241 indicators for testing, concluded that the "natural, pure pollution, silicic acid content, mineral formation age of about 50 years, which conformed to the German mineral water standards and the European Union, and the Alps in the world-famous mineral water brand V Vic very similar, with world-renowned the Alps, the Caucasus region as the world's three enriched mineral water resources. " As long as the protection of reasonable development of natural mineral water, drinking water will be able to meet national health needs.
Second is from the perspective of food safety, drinking water, adding there is no guarantee of food additives and artificial minerals safe to drink for life. World Health Organization definition of safe drinking water "safe to drink for life" is defined as the average life expectancy of 70 years to drink two liters of water a day per year basis, the risk of illness from drinking water and parts per million to less than one. Drinking water, food additives and artificial added minerals, which are beneficial to human health, can ensure food safety, are not by the full and long-term monitoring and risk assessment. International Food Law provides the basic principles of nutrient addition, after adding a new imbalance can cause. Currently on the market and artificial additives in drinking water minerals with the addition of a single species, will bring new imbalances, the risk assessment of its long-term consumption can not be predicted. Food additives must be added the clinical and subclinical, it is difficult to see the production of mineral water companies have clinical reports or instructions. Way is to add at this stage can not guarantee the people's life-long drinking safe. "Mineral water" is very misleading name, the majority of consumers can not tell from the name of "natural mineral water," the difference is an unfair business competition.
Third, the international legislative practice, the developed countries banned or careful, in drinking water to add any food additive. 21 United States Code of Federal Regulations Chapter 165 expressly provides that the prohibition of drinking water, add any food additive. The European Commission also requires that all food additives must be placed under permanent observation, with the emergence of new technologies to re-use of food additives evaluated. At present, China's drinking water production companies, some also processed into pure mineral water, then add the mineral solution production of mineral water or mineral water in the added fruit element to the production of drinks. Components of the mineral water in the ionic state, easily absorbed by the body can absorb 20 minutes after drinking. Made use of mineral water mineral water and purified water is a waste of valuable mineral resources, but also contrary to international standards and China's mineral water. EC Council regulations, mineral water, isolated by filtering the elements of instability, but may not change the characteristics of components from mineral water. China is also clear that ensuring the safety of raw water under the conditions of health bacteriological indicators mining and filling mineral water, mineral water may not change the physical characteristics of the main ingredients. Whether it is or add fruit to add elements of mineral solution, mineral water in the minerals are easily lead to chemical reactions with the additives change the pH, neither in line with international standards, but also reach our "drinking water health standards", the long-term drinking with no way to guarantee security.