﻿Vinegar 
  Laws. 
  

  

  In 
  some 
  States 
  specific 
  laws 
  have 
  been 
  enacted 
  to 
  regulate 
  

   the 
  manufacture 
  and 
  sale 
  of 
  vinegar; 
  in 
  others 
  the 
  general 
  la^vs 
  

  

  forbid 
  the 
  adulteration 
  of 
  vinegar. 
  

  

  CONNECTICUT. 
  

  

  No 
  person 
  shall 
  make 
  for 
  sale 
  or 
  sell, 
  as 
  vinegar, 
  any 
  vinegar 
  

   not 
  produced 
  wholly 
  from 
  the 
  juice 
  of 
  apples, 
  or 
  add 
  to 
  any 
  vine- 
  

   gar, 
  any 
  drug, 
  foreign 
  substance, 
  coloring 
  matter 
  or 
  acid. 
  

  

  No 
  person 
  shall 
  sell 
  or 
  make 
  for 
  sale 
  any 
  vinegar 
  not 
  having 
  

   an 
  acidity 
  equal 
  to 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  four 
  per 
  centum, 
  by 
  weight, 
  

   of 
  absolu 
  te 
  acetic 
  acid, 
  and 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  cider 
  vinegar, 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  

   two 
  per 
  centum, 
  by 
  weight, 
  of 
  cider 
  vinegar 
  solids, 
  upon 
  full 
  

   evaporation 
  over 
  boiling 
  water. 
  

  

  No 
  maker 
  shall 
  sell 
  vinegar 
  "without 
  branding 
  or 
  marking 
  each 
  

   barrel, 
  cask, 
  keg 
  or 
  package, 
  with 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  maker, 
  residence, 
  

   or 
  place 
  of 
  manufacture, 
  the 
  true 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  kind 
  of 
  vinegar, 
  as 
  

   " 
  cider 
  vinegar," 
  " 
  wine 
  vinegar,"*' 
  " 
  malt 
  vinegar," 
  or 
  " 
  wood 
  acid 
  

   vinegar." 
  This 
  clause 
  shall 
  not 
  apply 
  to 
  retail 
  sales 
  in 
  lots 
  of 
  less 
  

   than 
  five 
  gallons 
  at 
  place 
  of 
  manufacture. 
  

  

  No 
  person 
  shall 
  sell 
  or 
  offer 
  for 
  sale 
  or 
  receive 
  any 
  order 
  for 
  

   delivery 
  within 
  the 
  State 
  ; 
  first, 
  any 
  vinegar 
  as 
  cider 
  vinegar 
  not 
  

   wholly 
  produced 
  from 
  the 
  juice 
  of 
  apples 
  ; 
  second, 
  vinegar 
  to 
  which 
  

   has 
  been 
  added 
  any 
  foreign 
  substance, 
  drug 
  or 
  acid; 
  third, 
  any 
  

   vinegar 
  containing 
  less 
  acetic 
  acid 
  than 
  before 
  named; 
  fourth, 
  any 
  

   barrel 
  or 
  receptacle 
  not 
  properly 
  branded 
  or 
  marked. 
  (Laws 
  1897, 
  

   chap. 
  67.) 
  

  

  