The Commission has now commenced work on a Commission Directive laying down detailed rules in connection with 96/70. It is intended that this will concentrate on four items (from amended Article 11.1 or 80.777): limits for levels of constituents, labelling of high levels of constituents, conditions of use of ozone-enriched air and labelling of treatments. Other matters, such as methods of analysis and sampling procedures will be dealt with in a subsequent directive.
The discussion on the use of ozone-enriched air follows an opinion given by the Scientific Committee for Food which suggests that usage should be restricted to carbonated waters with a pH saturation value below 7.2, in closed systems, for a certain duration.