Food and drinking water When visiting PS Celje, we established that the expiry date of one C3 cold meal package had been exceeded; we thus proposed that a record of the shelf life of cold meals be kept, or that those meals whose dates have expired be removed from the cupboard immediately. The MNZ replied that the C3 cold meal with exceeded expiry date had been discarded; a register with data on expiry dates of meals had been established to facilitate control over cold meals. We proposed that PS Gorišnica inform the person responsible for receiving cold meals in the unit to pay more attention when receiving them or every cold meal must be furnished with an expiry date.198 The MNZ stated that meals with indefinite expiry dates had been eliminated. As per indent two of paragraph one of Article 24 of the Rules on the general labelling of pre-packaged foodstuffs (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia [Uradni list RS], No. 36/2014), it is permitted for foodstuff packages to have a date without a day, in which case the package must also have the statement: Best used before: In the relevant case, the MNZ was of the opinion that the meals were probably safe for consumption until the end of October 2016. We were unable to verify the foregoing statement, because the meals were returned to the supplier immediately after the NPM’s visit. The MNZ stated that it would nevertheless inform all police units about the relevant finding to prevent the return of meals which were still safe for consumption. We expressed the expectation in PS Idrija that Nova Gorica Police Directorate would arrange access to drinking water in detention rooms as soon as possible, since there was no access to drinking water in either detention room at the time of our visit. The MNZ replied that Nova Gorica Police Directorate had already obtained funding for arranging access to drinking water in the detention rooms in PS Idrija, and that a low-value contract for rehabilitating the relevant premises was underway. We again proposed that PS Krško examine the possibility of providing access to running water in the room for shorter detention within the framework of possible renovation. The MNZ responded that technical possibilities for implementation were being prepared in connection with the proposal. We proposed that PS Maribor I examine the possibility of providing access to running water in rooms for shorter detention within the framework of renovation works. The MNZ replied that major construction works were not anticipated for these premises; the water would be further provided from wash basins in front of the detention rooms, and detainees would be provided with plastic cups. Furthermore, we proposed that PS Maribor I immediately remove cold meals with exceeded expiry dates and those with expiry dates a day after our visit, and that the person receiving cold meals from the supplier pay more attention to expiry dates so that these are actually visible. The MNZ replied that police officers at the relevant police station had immediately discarded all cold meals with exceeded expiry dates and illegible dates, and they also wrote to the custodian of the contract for the supply of cold meals that expiry dates must be clearly visible on all packages. We proposed that PS Ptuj warn the person responsible for receiving cold meals and examining their expiry dates to be more thorough. 19 The A1 type meal bore the expiry date 00 October 2016. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE NPM IN 2016 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT 121