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Aquafresh became the first table water brand in Sri Lanka to be awarded the ISO 22000 certification which is a truly global international standard. A company spokesman of Access Natural Water (PVT) Ltd, bottlers of Aquafresh was modest in his explanation about this achievement but yet confident of greater brand penetration among corporate and discerning consumer segments. Today there are over 75 brands of mineral / table water that have SLS certification and some conform to the HACCP standard. However Aquafresh will undoubtedly stand tall among its competitors with higher production standards and cutting edge technology.

ISO 22000 draws the entire food production chain of a particular organization starting from producer to processor and distributor to exporter to maintain set procedures and guidelines to eradicate microbiological and other hazards. There is interactive communication between all the players. There is stringent control of food safety hazards through pre-requisite programs and HACCP plans. There is also continual improvement and updating of the food safety management system.

At Access Natural Water the previous quality management systems and process standards that were maintained such as ISO 9001 completely aligns with ISO 22000. The process control and management system includes steps designed to prevent problems before they occur and to correct deviations through a systematic way as soon as they are detected. Some of the more specific benefits that are achieved through ISO 22000 are the resource optimization that is done internally in the production floor and externally all along the food chain through dynamic and continuous communications between suppliers, customers, regulators and other stakeholders.