Thank you for the question.
I think, as you've said, both Health Canada itself and CFIA categorize bottled water as low risk. There was nothing in our report that would state that it is anything other than a low risk. As we've noted, Health Canada has been looking at this for, now, eight years. Bottled water is considered legally to be a food; therefore, it is under the food and drugs regulations. Those regulations date back 35 years.
The basis of our recommendation is to say the guidelines need to be incorporated. We have noted that there has been satisfactory progress in updating those guidelines.
As to the reason for it, I think that's probably something you may want to ask Health Canada. Our understanding is that because of the other issues they have and because it's low priority or low risk, other things may have taken its place.