Each bottle or container shall bear a label, to be affixed
to each bottle or container before it leaves the plant. Wording shall be
printed in English, in legible type which shall be in contrast by typography,
layout or color, with other printed matter on the label, cap, or
container.
(a) Each label shall show:
(1) The type of source water:
(i) For water coming from springs: "Spring
Water."
(ii) For artesian or pumped
water taken from the ground, from drilled wells or approved dug wells: "Well
Water."
(iii) For a municipal water
supply source, the name of the municipal supply, such as "New York City Public
Water Supply", "Buffalo City Public Water Supply", etc.
(iv) For bottled waters identified on the
label as being distilled, the type of source water does not need to be
shown.
(2) Address and
location of the bottling facility or corporate offices.
(3) Net contents and/or capacity of the
container.
(4) The assigned New
York State Health Department certificate number. Abbreviations are limited to
"NYSHD Cert. #000."
(5) Where
sodium content information is provided, a statement of the number of milligrams
of sodium in a specified serving and the net quantity (measure) of each serving
shall be placed on the label.
(b) In all situations where the commissioner
has exempted a bottled water from the inorganic chemical and/or radiological
maximum contaminant levels, an appropriate label, approved by the commissioner,
shall be conspicuously placed on all bottles or containers of such exempted
water manufactured, distributed or sold at retail within the State of New York.
The label shall contain the statement:
"This water contains levels of minerals* in excess of
standards for drinking water established by the New York State Commissioner of
Health and, therefore, should not be used as a principal or sole source of
drinking water."