﻿850 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  vinegar 
  solids. 
  Xo 
  vinegar 
  shall 
  be 
  branded 
  '" 
  fruit 
  vinegar 
  " 
  un- 
  

   less 
  the 
  same 
  shall 
  be 
  made 
  wholly 
  from 
  grapes, 
  apples 
  or 
  other 
  

   fruits. 
  

  

  Vinegar 
  made 
  by 
  fermentation 
  and 
  oxidation, 
  without 
  the 
  in- 
  

   tervention 
  of 
  distillation 
  shall 
  be 
  branded 
  '' 
  fermented 
  vinegar 
  " 
  

   wath 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  or 
  substance 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  made, 
  

   and 
  all 
  vinegar 
  made 
  wholly 
  or 
  in 
  part 
  from 
  distilled 
  liquor 
  shall 
  

   be 
  branded 
  " 
  distilled 
  vinegar," 
  and 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  free 
  from 
  coloring 
  

   matter. 
  

  

  Fermented 
  vinegar 
  shall 
  contain 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  one 
  and 
  one-half 
  

   per 
  cent, 
  by 
  weight 
  of 
  solids 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  fruit 
  or 
  grain 
  from 
  

   which 
  it 
  is 
  made. 
  And 
  all 
  vinegar 
  shall 
  be 
  made 
  wholly 
  from 
  

   the 
  fruit 
  or 
  grain 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  represented 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  and 
  

   shall 
  contain 
  no 
  foreign 
  substance, 
  and 
  shall 
  contain 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  

   four 
  per 
  centum 
  by 
  weight 
  of 
  absolute 
  acetic 
  acid. 
  Spices 
  may 
  

   be 
  added 
  to 
  vinegar 
  if 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  color 
  it. 
  

  

  iSTo 
  vinegar 
  shall 
  contain 
  any 
  preparation 
  of 
  lead, 
  copper, 
  sul- 
  

   phuric 
  or 
  other 
  mineral 
  acid 
  or 
  other 
  ingredients 
  injurious 
  to 
  

   health. 
  

  

  All 
  barrels 
  or 
  receptacles 
  shall 
  be 
  branded 
  with 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  

   manufacturer, 
  place 
  of 
  manufacture 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  gTade 
  or 
  

   kind 
  of 
  vinegar 
  contained 
  therein. 
  (Laws 
  ISO 
  7, 
  Xo. 
  140.) 
  

  

  RHODE 
  ISLAND. 
  

  

  The 
  sale 
  of 
  adulterated 
  vinegar 
  as 
  cider 
  vinegar 
  is 
  prohibited. 
  

  

  All 
  vinegars 
  shall 
  be 
  without 
  artificial 
  coloring 
  matter 
  and 
  shall 
  

   have 
  an 
  acidity 
  of 
  four 
  and 
  one-half 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  acetic 
  acid, 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  cider 
  vinegar, 
  shall 
  contain 
  in 
  addition 
  not 
  less 
  

   than 
  two 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  cider 
  vinegar 
  solids. 
  

  

  If 
  any 
  vinegar 
  contains 
  coloring 
  matter 
  or 
  less 
  than 
  above 
  

   acidity 
  and 
  solids 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  deemed 
  adulterated. 
  

  

  Inspectors 
  of 
  milk, 
  or 
  such 
  officer 
  as 
  the 
  town 
  council 
  may 
  ap- 
  

   point 
  shall 
  make 
  complaint 
  for 
  all 
  violations. 
  The 
  inspector 
  of 
  

  

  