Florida Statutes Title XXXIII. Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations § 500.147. Inspection of food establishments, food records, and vehicles

(a) Bottled water must be from an approved source. Bottled water must be processed in conformance with department rule. A person operating a bottled water plant is responsible for all water sampling and analyses required by this chapter.

(b) All microbiological, chemical, physical, or radiological testing and analyses of source water and finished product required by this chapter must be performed by an approved laboratory. Records of the sampling and analyses must be maintained on file at the plant for not less than 2 years and made available to the department upon request.

(a) Water used in packaged ice must be from an approved source. The finished product must meet the primary water quality standards established under the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act, Pub. L. No. 93-523, as amended.  1 A person operating a packaged ice plant shall be responsible for all water sampling and analyses required by this chapter.

(b) All packaged ice plants must submit to an approved laboratory, once every 3 months, a sample of each type of finished product for microbiological analysis. The quarterly laboratory analysis must include testing for fecal and total coliform organisms. Total coliforms must not be greater than 2.2 organisms/100 ml. using the most probable number method or not greater than 1 organism/100 ml. using the membrane filtration method. Packaged ice must have no fecal coliform-positive samples. All microbiological, chemical, physical, or radiological analyses required by this chapter must be performed by an approved laboratory.

(c) All records of sampling and analyses of source water and finished product must be maintained by the plant for a period of not less than 2 years and made available to the department upon request.