Amanzi angcolileyo yinto, kodwa ayinanto engaphantsi kweemeko ezininzi
Enyanisweni, kukho imigaqo yase-United States eyenzelwe ukukhusela iinkampani ekubeni zenze ibango "yamanzi e-organic", ngaphandle kweemeko ezithile.
Nantsi yonke into oyifunayo ukuba uyazi malunga nokuba amanzi angaba yi-organic, kwaye ngakumbi ngakumbi, ingaba ingaqinisekiswa yendalo.
Imithetho yeNational Organic Rules on Water
Ngaphantsi komgaqo-nkqubo kaZwelonke weNkqubo ye-Organic (NOP), amanzi awakwazi ukuqinisekiswa njengendalo.
Enyanisweni, imigaqo iyaqhubeka ngaphezu koko: bathetha ukuba abaprojekthi kunye nabavelisi beemveliso ezihlukeneyo zemvelo kufuneka baxhomeke emanzini xa bebala ipesenti yezithako ezenziwe ngokusemthethweni ngenxa yezizathu zokubhaliweyo kunye neziqinisekiso.
Isebe lezoLimo laseMelika ngokukhawuleza ibhonkco iinkampani zichaza ukuba amanzi ayenziwayo kuba amanzi kuthathwa njengendalo. (Ikwabamba izibango zendalo kwiityuwa.)
Ngako oko, amanzi amanzi ebhotile, angabhalwanga njenge- USDA ephilayo . Oku kusebenzayo nokuba amanzi atholakala ngaphantsi komhlaba kumhlaba oqinisekisiwe.
Njengoko umzekelo, unokuthi ifumane iifama eqinisekisiweyo . Nangona uvela kumanzi ukusuka phantsi kwe-USDA epulazini eqinisekisiweyo yezilwanyana, ukuba amanzi akafanelekanga ukuba atyhuselwe kwaye athengiswe njengama- "amanzi aphilayo." Amanye amazwe athathe amanyathelo okulawula ngokusetyenziswa kwegama elithi "organic" kunye "ne-organic certified" xa kuziwa kwamanzi.
Kuthiwani ngamanzi anqabileyo?
Kukho okungafaniyo kumlawuli wamanzi xa kuziwa kwamanzi anqabileyo anesiphumo sesithelo, amayeza okanye ezinye izongezo zezolimo ezifanele ukufumana isatifikethi.
Ngokomzekelo, i-Ayala ye-Herbal Water iqinisekisiwe yendalo, enokubonakala ingaqhelekanga, kuba ibhetshi amanzi.
Nangona kunjalo, ngo-Soo Kim, ummeli we-USDA yeNational Organic Programme, le mveliso iyafaneleka ukufumana isatifikethi, kuba:
"Kungakhathaliseki ukuba amanzi yiyona nto isisiseko okanye isisiseko esisisiseko, kuphela imifuno efanelekileyo ukufumana isatifikethi se-organic. Ngoko ke, loo mveliso ibhalwe ngokufanelekileyo ngokuthi 'i-organic' ukuba iyahlangabezana neemfuno zezityalo kunye nokuphathwa.
Ngokufanayo, iinkampani ze-AriZona Tea kunye nePoland Springs zangaphambili zanikezela ngamanzi angeniswe ngamateyi aphethe isityikityi soqinisekiso se-organic. Ukongeza kwi-confusion enokwenzeka, ezinye iifenki zithengisa amanzi aqinisekisiwe ngamanzi ekhukhunathi (oko kukuthi kuvela kwiikonkco, kwaye kuyafaneleka ukuba utywina lwendalo luqinisekiswe).
Iibhile ezilahlekisayo kumanzi 'eziphilayo'?
Nangona i-USDA ayivumeli iinkampani ukuba zithengise amanzi njenge-organic, ezinye iifemu ziye zazama ukujikeleza imigaqo yokubhaliweyo ngokufaka igama elithi "organic" kwigama lomkhiqizo ngendlela ethile.
Ngokomzekelo, iinkampani zinokuthi amanzi "avela emithonjeni engaphantsi kweendawo eziphilayo," okanye iyakwazi ukuthwala igama lophawu oluthi "Umthombo Wendalo." Nangona ezi nkampani zingenzi ngokwenza i-technically ibango lebango okanye ibango eliqinisekisiweyo lemveliso yamanzi, unokwenza ukuba baxelayo ngala magama kunye namabhali.
Ukuba unemibuzo ethile malunga namanzi njengoko ihambelana nesatifikethi sezinto eziphilayo, umthombo wakho wolwazi olungcono kakhulu yiNOP Program Handbook okanye i- agent ye-certification yakho yasekhaya.