Section 4-8 - Bottled Water Labeling Requirements (a) All bottled water shall conform to 21 CFR 101 Food Labeling and be labeled in compliance with the following standards: - (i) Mineral water may be labeled "mineral water," or "natural mineral water."
- (ii) Spring water may be labeled "spring water" or "natural spring water."
- (iii) Water containing carbon dioxide that emerges from the source and is bottled directly with its entrapped gas or from which the gas is naturally occurring in the water may bear on its label the words "naturally carbonated" or "naturally sparkling."
- (iv) Bottled water which contains carbon dioxide other than that which is naturally occurring in the source of the product shall be labeled with the words "carbonated" or "sparkling" when the carbonation is obtained from a natural or manufactured source.
- (v) Well water may be labeled "well water" or "natural well water."
- (vi) Artesian water may be labeled "artesian water," "natural artesian water," "well water" or "natural well water."
- (vii) Purified water shall be labeled "purified water" and the method of preparation shall be stated on the label. However, nothing contained herein shall preclude labeling purified water produced by distillation as "distilled water."
- (viii) Drinking water may be labeled "drinking water."
- (ix) Any bottler, distributor or vendor of bottled water whose corporate name, brand name or trademark contains the words "spring," "springs," "well," "artesian well," "mineral" or "natural" or any derivative of those words shall label each bottle with the source of the water in type face at least equal to the size of the type face of the corporate name or trademark, if the source of the bottled water is different from the source stated in the corporate name, brand name or trademark.
- (x) The use of words "spring," "spring fresh," "spring brand," "spring type," or other language containing the word "spring" to describe water that is not spring water as defined herein shall be prohibited.
- (xi) A product meeting more than one definition may be identified by any of the applicable product names, except where otherwise specifically prohibited.
- (xii) Supplemental printed information and graphics concerning recognized uses of the water may appear on the label but shall not imply properties of the product or preparation methods which are not factual.