The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for overseeing the safety of bottled water, which, like other foods, must be processed, packaged, shipped and stored in a safe and sanitary manner, and be truthfully and accurately labeled.

Bottled water must also meet the purity and safety requirements for public drinking water established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  when they are applicable.  When the EPA adds or amends a contaminant standard for public water systems, the FDA also must adopt that standard for bottled water or publish in the Federal Register its reasons for not doing so.  For example, certain requirements for tap water are not applicable for bottled water because public water supplies travel through open pipelines and are typically disinfected with chlorine, which is not the case in the controlled bottling of bottled water. 

Nestlé Waters North America employs state-of-the-art quality programs to ensure food safety and security.  Record-keeping and quality reports are maintained continually for all our plants and brands.  To find the detailed descriptions and quality information for each of our brands, click on the brand below.