Ministers are to step up the war with the EU Commissioner known as ‘Calamity Kyriakides’ by blocking imports of fashionable mineral waters such as San Pellegrino and Perrier. Environment Secretary George Eustice has been so infuriated by Brussels’ ban on supplies of shellfish from the UK that he is planning to end Britain’s ‘rollover recognition’ of natural mineral waters from the EU in retaliation. At the centre of the row is Stella Kyriakides, the EU Commissioner also responsible for the debacle over EU vaccine supplies. Brands such as the Italian San Pellegrino and Perrier and Evian from France are hugely popular in the UK. Under the Bottled Waters Regulations of 2007, waters sold in the UK should comply with maximum limits on a total of 15 different constituents.

Source: Daily Mail March 06, 2021 22:02 UTC