CHAP. 44.—An act to prevent the manufacture and sale of adul-
terated cider vinegar.

Approved February 5, 1890,

1. Be it enacted by the genera] assembly of Virginia,
That no person shall manufacture, produce, sell, keep for
sale, or offer for sale, any vinegar which shall not have an
acidity equivalent to the presence of at least four and one-
half per centum by weight of absolute acetic acid, or any
cider vinegar which shall have less than such amount of
acidity, or less than two per centum by weight of cider
vinegar solids upon full evaporation over boiling water.

2. No person shall manufacture, produce, sell, keep for
sale, or offer for sale, any vinegar, or product in imitation
or semblance of cider vinegar, which is not cider vinegar.

3. No person shall sell, keep for sale, or offer for sale, as
or for cider vinegar, any vinegar or product which is not
cider vinegar.

4. No person shall manufacture, produce, sell, keep for
sale, or offer for sale, any vinegar which shall contain any
preparation of lead, copper, sulphuric acid, or other ingre-
dients injurious to health, or any artificial coloring matter.

5. Every manufacturer or producer of cider vinegar
shall plainly brand on each head of the cask, barrel, keg,
or other package containing such vinegar, his name and
place of business, and the words “cider vinegar”; and no
person shall label or brand as for cider vinegar any pack-
age containing vinegar which is not cider vinegar.

6. Whoever by himself or another violates any of the
provisions of any of the foregoing sections shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished
by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one
nundred dollars.

i. For the purpose of this act, the term “cider vinegar”
shall be understood to mean vinegar made exclusively of
pure apple juice. Sections one, two, and four shall not
apply to any vinegar or produce manufactured or in pro-
ess of manufacture at the time of the passage of this act,
but the provisions of law existing at the time of the pass-
age of this act shall apply thereto.

8. This act shall be in force from its passage.