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State Licensing:
Make Sure Your Licensing Matches Your Distribution

There are over 25 states (and one city) in the US which require bottled water companies to be licensed/approved for product to be sold in their state.  Regulators of these states often pull product off the shelf to verify proper licensing and labeling.  Products found to be non-compliant are then required to be pulled off the shelves.

It is the bottling companies responsibility to ensure that their products are not sold by distributors or retail chains in states where the bottling company is not licensed.  The first way to accomplish this is to specify in contracts/agreements with retail clients and distributors the states in which your products can and can not be sold.  Another approach is to maintain licenses for all states requiring them. 

Licensing can be an expensive, time consuming, and lengthy process.  However, not being licensed in a state where you product is sold can result in fines, product being pulled from shelves, and the loss of contracts and customers.

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