UK: BOTTLED WATER FIRMS FACE TOUGH MEASURES

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Bottled water firms face tough new measures to cut the level of arsenic in mineral water. The government wants to protect the public from the risk of contracting cancer and other illnesses. The Food Standards Agency, the government's watchdog, is preparing a consultative document recommending that stricter regulations be used to reduce the risk of exposure to arsenic through drinking mineral water. The current permitted maximum level for arsenic is too high. It wants to reduce the level from 50 micrograms per litre to 10. In the UK, some 995mn litres of bottled water is drunk each year.

Bottled Water, Bottled Water Manufacturing, Health aspects, Quality management, Bottled drinking water, Bottled water industry

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UK: FEAR OVER ENERGY DRINKS

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The Portman Group wants so-called energy drinks to be renamed amid fears that they may cause aggressive behaviour and excessive drinking. The UK drinks industry watchdog is seeking changes to the code of practice to ensure that such products are not accompanied by claims that they improve brain power or raise energy levels. The Portman Group's guidelines would take effect from 1 July 2000 and would ban drinks firms from labelling so-called alcopower products as energy enhancing.

Laws, regulations and rules, Portman Group

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UK: RIBENA TARGETED BY ANIMAL RIGHTS PROTESTORS

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Drinks brands Ribena and Lucozade have become the target of protests by animal rights protestors, who are urging consumers to stop buying them. Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) is protesting against Huntingdon Life Sciences, the largest vivisection laboratory in Europe, and is keen to make consumers aware that Smithkline Beecham, , and owner of the Ribena and Lucozade brands, uses the laboratory's facilities to test its products.

Social procedures, SmithKline Beecham Corp. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Huntingdon Life Sciences Inc., Ribena

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