Bill Text: HI SB2380 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Bottled Water; Labeling; Date of Bottling
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-10 - (S) The committee on HTH deferred the measure. [SB2380 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2380-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to bottled water.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 328D-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§328D-6[]]
Labeling requirements. All bottled water shall [conform]:
(1) Be labeled with the date of bottling;
(2) Conform to applicable
federal and state labeling laws [and be]; and
(3) Be labeled in compliance with the following standards:
[(1)](A) Mineral water may be
labeled “mineral water”. Bottled water to which minerals are added shall be
labeled so as to disclose that minerals are added, and may not be labeled
“natural mineral water”.
[(2)](B) Spring water may be labeled
“spring water” or “natural spring water”.
[(3)](C) Water containing carbon
dioxide that emerges from the source and is bottled directly with its entrapped
gas or from which the gas is mechanically separated and later reintroduced at a
level not higher than naturally occurring in the water may bear on its label
the words “naturally carbonated” or “naturally sparkling”.
[(4)](D) Bottled water which
contains carbon dioxide other than that naturally occurring in the source of
the product shall be labeled with the words “carbonated”, “carbonation added”,
or “sparkling” when the carbonation is obtained from a natural or manufactured
source.
[(5)](E) Well water may be labeled
“well water” or “natural well water”.
[(6)](F) Artesian water may be
labeled “artesian water” or “natural artesian water”.
[(7)](G) Purified water shall be
labeled “purified water” and the method of preparation shall be stated on the
label, except that purified water produced by distillation may be labeled as
“distilled water”.
[(8)](H) Drinking water may be
labeled “drinking water”.
[(9)](I) Any bottler, distributor,
or vendor of bottled water whose corporate name, brand name, or trademark
contains the words “spring”, “well”, “artesian”, “mineral”, or “natural”,
or any derivative of those words shall label each bottle with the type of
bottled water in typeface at least equal to the size of the typeface of the
corporate name, brand name, or trademark, if the type of the bottled water is
different from the type stated or implied in the corporate name, brand name, or
trademark.
[(10)](J) The use of the word
“spring”, or any derivative thereof other than in a trademark, trade name, or
company name to describe water that is not spring water as defined in section
328D-1 shall be prohibited.
[(11)](K) A product meeting more than
one definition as stated in section 328D-1 may be identified by any of the
applicable product types defined in section 328D-1, except where otherwise
specifically prohibited.
[(12)](L) 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."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect one year from the date of its approval.
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Report Title:
Bottled Water; Labeling; Date of Bottling
Description:
Requires all bottled water to be labeled with the date of bottling.
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