Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to revise the  quality  standard  for  bottled  water  to  specify  that  bottled  water  to  which  fluoride  is added by the manufacturer may not contain fluoride in excess of 0.7 milligrams per liter (mg/L).  This  action,  if  finalized,  will  revise  the  current  allowable  levels  for  fluoride  in domestically  packaged  and  imported  bottled  water  to  which  fluoride  is  added.  We  are taking  this  action  to  make  the  quality  standard  regulation  for  fluoride  added  to  bottled water  consistent  with  the  recommendation  by  the  US  Public  Health  Service  (PHS)  for community  water  systems  that  add  fluoride  for  the  prevention  of  dental  caries. This action, if finalized, will not affect the allowable levels for fluoride in bottled water to which fluoride is not added by the manufacturer (such bottled water may contain fluoride from its source water).