CHAPTER 5

H.P. 28 - L.D. 21

An Act to Ensure Full Disclosure of the Source of Water Sold

in Containers

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §562-B, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 283, §1, is amended to read:

§562-B. Identification of source of water sold in

containers and intended for human consumption

The label on water that is sold in the State in containers and that is intended for human consumption must include words that, without the use of abbreviations or acronyms, identify the name and geographic location of the water body, well or public water supply from which the water was obtained.