Rhode Island § 21-23-1 § 21-23-1. Bottlers' permits required for manufacture or sale.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 21-23-1 — § 21-23-1. Bottlers' permits required for manufacture or sale.

Rhode Island § 21-23-1

Title 21Food And Drugs

Ch. 21-23Nonalcoholic Bottled Beverages, Drinks and Juices

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-23-1 (2026).

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§ 21-23-1. Bottlers' permits required for manufacture or sale.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to manufacture or bottle
            for sale or to sell or offer for sale any carbonated or nonalcoholic beverage, soda
            water, fruit juice, syrup, bottled drinking water either plain or carbonated, or any
            other so-called soft drink, without a permit from the department of health. No carbonated
            or nonalcoholic beverage, soda water, fruit juice, syrup, bottled drinking water either
            plain or carbonated, or any other so-called soft drink, which has been manufactured
            outside of this state shall be sold or offered for sale within this state unless

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§ 21-23-1. Bottlers' permits required for manufacture or sale.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to manufacture or bottle for sale or to sell or offer for sale any carbonated or nonalcoholic beverage, soda water, fruit juice, syrup, bottled drinking water either plain or carbonated, or any other so-called soft drink, without a permit from the department of health. No carbonated or nonalcoholic beverage, soda water, fruit juice, syrup, bottled drinking water either plain or carbonated, or any other so-called soft drink, which has been manufactured outside of this state shall be sold or offered for sale within this state unless the person, firm, or corporation manufacturing or bottling it for sale shall hold a permit to do so from the department of health. The permit shall be known as a "bottlers' permitâ€� and the person, firm, or corporation receiving the permit shall be known as the "bottlerâ€�.

Legislative History

G.L. 1909, ch. 183, § 15; P.L. 1919, ch. 1781, § 1; P.L. 1921, ch. 2073, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 168, § 15; P.L. 1927, ch. 1059, § 1; P.L. 1928, ch. 1190, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 269, § 15; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 21-23-1; P.L. 1979, ch. 384, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 581, § 1.