Art. 4 Adulterated Vinegar 33 c 



§ 70. Definition of cider vinegar and adulterated vinegar. — The 

 term " cider vinegar " as used herein shall be construed to mean 

 vinegar made exclusively from pure apple juice. All vinegar 

 which contains any proportion of lead, copper, sulphuric acid or 

 other ingredients injurious to health, or any artificial coloring 

 matter, or which has not an acidity equivalent to the presence of at 

 least four and one-half per centum, by weight, of absolute acetic 

 acid, or cider vinegar which has less than such an amount of 

 acidity, or less than two per centum of cider vinegar solids shall 

 be deemed adulterated. (As amended by chapter 210 of the Laws 

 of 1909.) 



Feople v. Albion Cider and Vinegar Co., 118 N. Y. Supp. 15; People v. 

 Girard, 145 N. Y. 105; People v. Heinz Co., 90 App. Div. 408; People v. 

 Niagara Fruit Co., 75 Id. 11, 173 N. Y. G29; People v. Windholz, 68 N. Y. 

 552; People v. Windholz, 92 Id. 569 (constitutional question). 



§ 71. Manufacture and sale of adulterated or imitation vinegar 

 prohibited. — ]STo person shall manufacture for sale, keep for sale 

 or offer for sale : 



1. Any adulterated vinegar. 



2. Any vinegar or product in imitation or semblance of cider 

 vinegar, which is not cider vinegar. 



3. As or for cider vinegar, any vinegar or product which is 

 not cider vinegar. 



§ 72. Packages containing cider vinegar to be branded. — Every 

 manufacturer or producer of cider vinegar shall plainly brand 

 on the head of each cask, barrel, keg or other container of 

 such vinegar, his name and place of business and the words " cider 

 vinegar." And no person shall mark or brand as or for cider 

 vinegar any package containing that which is not cider vinegar. 

 Any vinegar sold or offered for sale shall be marked or branded 



plainly and conspicuously, upon the package 

 Marking. from which it is sold, in a manner to show its 



true character whether such vinegar be a pure 

 vinegar or a mixture or blend of pure vinegars. (/1s amended by 

 chapter 210 of the Laws of 1909.) 

 People v. Leurs, 195 N. Y. 177. 

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