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  MASSACHUSETTS. 
  

  

  The 
  selling 
  or 
  offering 
  to 
  sell 
  or 
  having 
  in 
  possession 
  with 
  intent 
  

   to 
  sell 
  any 
  adulterated 
  vinegar 
  as 
  cider 
  vinegar, 
  not 
  the 
  product 
  of 
  

   pure 
  apple 
  juice 
  is 
  prohibited. 
  (Laws 
  1884, 
  chap. 
  307.) 
  

  

  " 
  All 
  vinegars 
  shall 
  be 
  without 
  artificial 
  coloring 
  matter, 
  and 
  

   shall 
  have 
  an 
  acidity 
  equivalent 
  to 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  four 
  and 
  one- 
  

   half 
  per 
  cent, 
  by 
  weight 
  of 
  absolute 
  acetic 
  acid, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  

   of 
  cider 
  vinegar 
  shall 
  contain 
  in 
  addition 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  two 
  per 
  

   cent, 
  by 
  weight 
  of 
  cider 
  vinegar 
  solids 
  upon 
  full 
  evaporation 
  over 
  

   boiling 
  water; 
  and 
  if 
  any 
  vinegar 
  contains 
  any 
  artificial 
  coloring 
  

   matter, 
  or 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  above 
  amount 
  of 
  acidity, 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  

   of 
  cider 
  vinegar, 
  if 
  it 
  contains 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  above 
  amount 
  of 
  acid- 
  

   ity, 
  or 
  of 
  cider 
  vinegar 
  solids, 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  deemed 
  to 
  be 
  adulterated." 
  

   (Laws 
  1885, 
  chap. 
  152.) 
  

  

  MICHIGA^T. 
  

  

  jSTo 
  vinegar 
  shall 
  be 
  sold 
  as 
  apple 
  or 
  cider 
  vinegar 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  

   the 
  product 
  of 
  pure 
  apple 
  juice 
  and 
  shall 
  contain 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  one 
  

   and 
  three-fourths 
  per 
  cent, 
  by 
  weight 
  of 
  cider 
  vinegar 
  solids. 
  

   (C. 
  L. 
  5003.) 
  

  

  All 
  vinegar 
  made 
  by 
  fermentation 
  and 
  oxidation, 
  without 
  the 
  

   aid 
  of 
  distillation 
  shall 
  be 
  branded 
  " 
  fermented 
  vinegar," 
  with 
  

   the 
  name 
  of 
  fruit 
  or 
  substances 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  made, 
  and 
  all 
  

   vinegar 
  made 
  wholly 
  or 
  in 
  part 
  from 
  distilled 
  liquor 
  shall 
  be 
  

   branded 
  " 
  distilled 
  vinegar 
  " 
  and 
  all 
  such 
  vinegar 
  shall 
  be 
  free 
  

   from 
  coloring 
  matter 
  other 
  than 
  that 
  imparted 
  by 
  distillation, 
  and 
  

   all 
  fermented 
  vinegar 
  not 
  distilled 
  shall 
  contain 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  one 
  

   and 
  three-fourths 
  per 
  cent, 
  by 
  weight, 
  of 
  solids 
  contained 
  in 
  the 
  

   fruit 
  or 
  grain 
  from 
  which 
  said 
  vinegar 
  was 
  fermented, 
  and 
  said 
  

   vinegar 
  shall 
  contain 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  two 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  tenths 
  of 
  one 
  

   per 
  cent, 
  ash 
  or 
  mineral 
  matter, 
  the 
  same 
  being 
  tlie 
  product 
  of 
  

   the 
  material 
  from 
  which 
  said 
  vinegar 
  is 
  manufactured, 
  and 
  all 
  

  

  