12 STEPS TO QUALITY ASSURANCE

Purified Water 1
Source
Receiving
Pre-treatment (Where necessary)
 
Water softener
Enhanced With  Water is carefully collected from the
source, which may either be a well
used to reduce
water hardness.
Minerals for Taste: or municipal supply.

12 Steps to Quality
 Common method of receiving water is
through stainless steel pipeline.
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Demineralization/
Purification
Minerals are removed
Assurance  Sample is taken from source weekly prior using one of the following
to internal processing. processes:
 Microbiological and general chemistry  R
 everse Osmosis – Use of high-pressure
testing performed on samples regularly. pump and special membranes, called

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Activated Carbon Filtration
(Municipal Water Only)
 Removal of chlorine and THMs.
 Filtration process
monitored and tested daily.
semi-permeable membranes, to reverse
the natural phenomenon of osmosis.
 Distillation – A process that boils the
water and collects the condensate for
bottling.

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Water Storage and
Monitoring 8 Bottling Control 11
Plant Quality Control
and HACCP* Program
 Water is received into  Bottling is conducted under very  Each plant has a fully staffed Quality
storage tanks. controlled conditions using Assurance Department and laboratory
state-of-the-art equipment. that maintain the plant Quality Control
 Storage environment
Each bottle is given processes.
and water carefully 

monitored daily. a specific code that  Water, packaging materials and plant
identifies the plant processes are carefully monitored

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Remineralization
(Mineralized Water Only)
location, bottling line
and time produced.
to ensure they meet company
specifications and standards.
 Minerals added  Process monitored and tested
*Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point
for taste. continuously.
Filling room and environment are of high
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sanitary conditions.
Micro-filtration
Specialized two-stage advanced micro-
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filters, designed specifically for our Packaging Control

process, filter the water.  Packaging is conducted using the latest
 These filters are pharmaceutical grade
and are designed to remove
particles as small as 0.2
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in modern equipment.
Packaging materials 12
Corporate Quality
Assurance Program
not meeting internal  National Testing Laboratory is equipped
micron in diameter. with state-of-the-art testing machinery
standards are rejected.
 Capable of removing Bottles, caps and and staffed with degreed, experienced
personnel.
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microbiological contaminants.
labels are carefully
 Filtration process monitored hourly and controlled and  Comparative analyses are performed on
tested daily. monitored by lot. products in accordance with State and
Most bottles are manufactured on-site for Federal regulatory standards.

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Ultraviolet Light Independent from the plant Quality
Disinfection quality control. 

Control and Quality Assurance

The combined effects of micro-filtration
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Clean-In-Place (C.I.P.) Departments, the Corporate Quality
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and ultraviolet light provide added Sanitation Process Assurance program sets company-wide
assurance of standards, specifications and monitors
  Line sanitation practices include
product disinfection plant quality programs.
advanced internal pipe and equipment
and safety.
cleaning methods, called C.I.P.
 Process continually monitored  This automated cleaning
by instrumentation and checked/
process recirculates
monitored hourly.
detergent and sanitizing
solutions at the precise temperatures and

Ozone Disinfection
Where necessary)
time to affect total control and maximum
effectiveness of the line sanitation
 Highly reactive form of oxygen used to process.
disinfect water.
 Process is monitored
on an hourly basis.

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