# Beverages: Bottled Water
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1996-03-26 · Effective 1996-09-23 · 61 FR 13258
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-6940
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 13258
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 165
- **Publication date:** 1996-03-26
- **Effective date:** 1996-09-23
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 93N-0085
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the quality standard for bottled water by establishing or revising allowable levels for 5 inorganic chemicals (IOC's) and 17 synthetic organic chemicals (SOC's), including 3 synthetic volatile organic chemicals (VOC's), 9 pesticide chemicals, and 5 nonpesticide chemicals. However, FDA is staying the effective date for the allowable levels for the 5 IOC's and 4 of the SOC's. FDA also is not changing the existing allowable level for sulfate in the bottled water quality standard. In addition, FDA is deferring final action on the proposed allowable level for the nonpesticide chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP). This final rule will ensure that the minimum quality of bottled water, as affected by at least the 13 chemicals for which allowable levels are adopted and effective, remains comparable with the quality of public drinking water that meets the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/03/26/96-6940/beverages-bottled-water)
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