FDA Testing Finds Bottled Water Samples Do Not Exceed EPA Limits for PFAS in Drinking Water

By Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team | Food Safety Magazine | April 22, 2025

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"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has shared results from a sampling and testing assignment of bottled waters for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), in which no samples were found to have levels of “forever chemicals” that would exceed maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for public drinking water recently set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Between 2023 and 2024, FDA sampled 197 domestic and imported bottled waters of purified, artesian, spring, and mineral varieties. The samples were tested for 18 different types of PFAS. A total of ten samples contained detectable levels of the chemicals, eight of which tested positive for between one and four different types of PFAS, and were either bottled or spring water samples. The other two samples were imported artisan waters, which contained one or two types of PFAS."