Ch. 316

1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(3)     Purified water shall be labeled "purified water" or by the method of
preparation, and the method of preparation shall be stated on the label;

(4)     Spring water may be labeled "spring water" or "natural spring water";

(5)     Well water may be labeled "well water" or "natural well water";

(6)     Bottled water:

(i) May be labeled "naturally carbonated" or "naturally sparkling" if:

1. It contains carbon dioxide that emerges from the source and
the water is bottled directly with its entrapped gas; or

2. Carbon dioxide is mechanically separated from the water and
is later reintroduced at the same or lower concentration as the concentration that
naturally occurs; and

(ii) Shall be labeled "carbonated", "carbonation added", or
"sparkling" if it contains carbon dioxide from a manufactured source;

(7)     (i) Drinking BOTTLED water shall MAY be labeled "drinking water"
or "bottled drinking water"[.];

(ii) Except for "purified drinking water", as defined by the United
States Pharmacopoeia, at any point during the bottling process, bottled water that is
derived from a public drinking water supply, as defined under the Safe Drinking Water
Act, shall be labeled "drinking water" or "bottled drinking water", and its approved
source shall be stated on the label in a factually accurate manner;

(8)     (i) Except as provided under subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, a
licensee or registrant under this section may not label bottled water with a word or a
derivative of a word that does not accurately describe the type of bottled, water;

(ii) 1. The provisions of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph may not
be construed to restrict a word or a derivative of a word that is part of a bottler's
trademark, trade name, or company name; but

2. If the word or derivative of a word that is part of the bottler's
trademark, trade name, or company name is reasonably construed to mean a type of
bottled water, the type of water in the container shall be identified on the same label in
typeface at least as large as the typeface used in the trademark, trade name, or company
name;

(9)     Bottled water that meets more than 1 definition under subsection (a) of
this section may be labeled as any of its applicable types; and

(10)   Any additional standards established by the Department.

21-336.1.

(A) EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION,
BOTTLED WATER SHALL:                                                         

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