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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.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill requires that the label identifying the source of
bottled water spell out the name and geographic location of
that source without the use of abbreviations or acronyms.


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