Three ask Master Kang: what is the water source? Why is business standard a mystery?
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Ji'nan Daily reporter
recently, this newspaper published "the enterprise standard" of Kangshifu mineral water, and "21 ingredients of Kangshifu milk tea containing 14 kinds of additives" and tracking reports, causing the attention of the city people. The reporter interviewed Kangshifu company and related experts on issues of water sources, food additives and enterprise standards. On the grounds of business secrets, Kangshifu refused to disclose enterprise standards, milk tea additives and flavor components, which led to a series of questions.
what is a
mineral water source?
the water source of Kangshifu mineral water has been concerned by the public. In 2008, the media reported that the "selected quality water source" claimed by Mr. Kang's mineral water advertisement was tap water, which was alleged to have been suspected of false propaganda. Kangshifu staff said that mineral water is not water, but local water, all the water production process is the same, the factory has strict control of the quality of water, no matter where the water after treatment is the same, there is no difference in water. As for what water the local source of water is, the staff did not explain it too much.
question two
why bottled water index is lower than tap water?
the pH test result of Kangshifu mineral water is shown to be 6.1, which is acidic water. According to the national standard, the pH value of drinking water is 6.5-8.5. Liu Yanyan, the public relations department of Kangshifu Holding Co., responded to Zhejiang's local standards, with pH between 5.0-8.5, and said that drinking more water is beneficial to the body, whether drinking water or alkaline water. Experts in the industry say that in terms of pH value, bottled water should be lower than tap water according to national drinking water standards.
experts also pointed out that one problem that can not be evaded is that the standards of various bottled water are rather confusing and uneven. The water industry has national standards, enterprise standards, and so on, and is relatively strong in regionalism. The standard of tap water can be enforced, but the standard of bottled water is too large to be unified.
question three
why enterprise standards puzzle?
enterprise standards should not be lower than local standards and national standards according to relevant regulations. But there is no national standard for mineral water at present, and there are no relevant local standards in Shandong, which makes the public doubt about the standard of Kang's mineral water. In addition, milk tea additives, flavor ingredients and other Master Kang also refused to make public.
industry experts said: "without strong external pressure, it is impossible for enterprises to publicized standards. Can be publicized, foreign are all the things on the surface, from the packaging can be seen, such as when visiting the enterprise explained the contents of the instructors, but also can form a standard, but these are all virtual. In the process of production, how many processes are passed in the process of production, and each process has a standard to reach the standard, which can make a bottle of water come down from the production line and enter the market. These are the real enterprise standards, and these are not possible to be open.
Song Zhe, a lawyer of Shandong Qilu law firm, said that the "People's Republic of China food safety law", "food safety enterprise standard filing method", "Shandong province food safety enterprise standard record implementation rules" and other relevant laws and regulations stipulate that the enterprise standard as a food safety standard, should When it is provided to the public for free access to the public, at the same time, if the enterprise standards involve inconvenient and open business secrets, the enterprise should put forward a written opinion in the relevant functional departments to show the specific content of the public, and should provide public enquiry to the public for public enquiries. According to the above regulations, Kangshifu should provide enterprise standards to the public.