Chap. 321.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled ‘‘An Act to define
vinegar; to prohibit the manufacture or sale of adulterated or misbranded
vinegar; and to prescribe penalties.’”’, approved March 20, 1924. [H B 346]

Approved March 29, 1940

4. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That an
act entitled ‘‘An Act to define vinegar; to prohibit the manufacture
or sale of adulterated or misbranded vinegar; and to prescribe penal-
ties.”’, approved March twentieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 1. All vinegar made by fermentation without distillation
must carry in solution only the extractive matter derived exclusively
from the fruit, grain, sugar or syrup from which it was derived and
fermented, and comply with the following definitions:

The terms “‘cider vinegar’’ and ‘‘apple vinegar”’ or words of similar
import, shall be construed to mean the product made exclusively
from the expressed juice of fresh, whole apples by alcoholic and sub-
sequent acetous fermentations.

The terms ‘‘wine vinegar” and “grape vinegar’”’ or words of similar
import, shall be construed to mean the product made by the alcoholic
and subsequent acetous fermentations of the expressed juice of fresh
whole grapes.
The term “malt vinegar’’ or words of similar import, shall be con-
strued to mean the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent
acetous fermentations, without distillation, of an infusion of barley
malt or cereals whose starch has been converted by malt.

The term “‘sugar vinegar’’ or words of similar import, shall be con-
strued to mean the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent
acetous fermentations, without distillation, of solutions of sugar,
syrup, molasses or refiners’ syrup.

The terms “glucose vinegar” or ‘‘corn sugar vinegar” or words of
similar import, shall be construed to mean the product made by the
alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations, without distillation,
of solutions of corn sugar or glucose prepared from corn starch.

The terms “‘spirit vinegar,’’ ‘‘distilled vinegar” or “‘grain vinegar”’
or words of similar import, shall be construed to mean the product
made by the acetous fermentation of dilute distilled alcohol derived
from grain, sugar, syrup, molasses or refiners’ syrup.

The term “evaporated apple products vinegar’ or ‘‘vinegar made
from evaporated apple products,” or words of similar import, shall
be construed to mean the product made by the alcoholic and subse-
quent acetous fermentations of the aqueous extract obtained from
clean, sound dried apples, dried chopped apples or dried apple skins
or cores.

Section 2. Vinegar which fails to comply with such definitions or
which contains any substance or ingredient not derived exclusively
from the fruit, grain, sugar or syrup from which it shall so be made, or
which is composed of a compound or mixture of vinegars made from
fruit, grain, sugar and syrup, or any two or more of the same, or
which contains less than four grams of acetic acid in one hundred
cubic centimeters of the vinegar at twenty degrees centigrade, shall
be deemed adulterated.

Section 3. The product made by the destructive distillation of
wood known as pyroligaeous acid, or acetic acid derived from other
sources than fruit, grain, sugar or syrup, or a product in which any
such acid shall be used, mixed or compounded, shall not be sold,
offered or had in possession for sale as vinegar.

Section 5. Packages containing vinegar which has been reduced
with water must be plainly marked “reduced to four per centum acid
strength,” indicating the acidity to which it has been reduced.

Section 6. Each cask, barrel or other container of such vinegar,
shall be plainly marked with the name and place of business of the
manufacturer or distributor thereof, and the kind of vinegar contained
therein, in the terms above defined; and no person shall falsely mark
any package containing any vinegar so defined, with any other brand
or designation or with any additional words, marks or description
which shall be false or deceptive in any particular whatever.

Section 7. No person, firm or corporation shall manufacture,
sell, offer to sell in the State of Virginia, or have in possession for
sale in this State:

(1) Any vinegar so defined which does not comply with such
definitions.
(2) Any adulterated or misbranded vinegar.

(3) Any vinegar or product in imitation of any vinegar so defined.

(4) Any vinegar to which any artificial coloring matter has
been added of any kind whatever, or which contains any substance
or ingredient not derived exclusively from the fruit, grain, sugar or
syrup from which it purports to have been derived.

Section 8. Violation of this act shall be a misdemeanor and
punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more
than five hundred dollars for the first offense, and not less than five
hundred nor more than one thousand dollars for all subsequent
offenses.