No person shall in any way or manner erase, cancel, obliterate,
deface, cover, remove or alter any brand, tag, label or other marking
required by any of the provisions of this chapter to be attached or
affixed to any can, vessel, package or other container.
No person shall distribute or sell or offer for distribution
or sale or have in his possession with intent to distribute or sell
as cider vinegar or apple vinegar which is not produced exclusively
by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentation of the juice
of apples, or is not laevorotatory, or the total amount of acid in
100 cubic centimeters of which calculated as acetic acid, is less
than four grams, or which contains less than 1.6 grams of apple solids
or less than 0.25 of one gram of apple ash in 100 cubic centimeters.
The water-soluble ash from 100 cubic centimeters of the vinegar shall
require not less than 30 cubic centimeters of deci-normal acid to
neutralize its alkalinity and shall contain not less than 10 milligrams
of phosphoric anhydride.
No person shall distribute or sell or offer for distribution
or sale or have in his possession with intent to distribute or sell
as wine vinegar or grape vinegar any vinegar which is not produced
exclusively by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations
of the juice of the grape, or the total amount of acid in 100 cubic
centimeters of which, calculated as acetic acid, is less than four
grams or which contains less than 1.4 grams or grape solids or less
than 0.13 of one gram of grapeash in 100 centimeters.
No person shall distribute or sell or offer for distribution
or sale or have in his possession with intent to distribute or sell
as malt vinegar any vinegar which is not made exclusively by the alcoholic
and subsequent acetous fermentations, without distillation, of an
infusion of barley, malt or cereals whose starch has been converted
by malt, or is not dextrorotatory or the total amount of acid in 100
cubic centimeters of which calculated as acetic acid, is less than
four grams or which contains less than two grams of solid or less
than 0.2 of one gram of ash in 100 cubic centimeters of deci-normal
acid to neutralize its alkalinity and shall contain not less than
nine milligrams of phosphoric anhydride.
No person shall distribute or sell or offer for distribution
or sale or have in his possession with intent to distribute or sell
as glucose vinegar which is not made exclusively by the alcoholic
and subsequent fermentations of solutions of starch sugar, glucose
or glucose syrup, or is not dextrorotatory, or the total amount of
acid in 100 cubic centimeters of which, calculated as acetic acid,
is less than four grams.
No person shall distribute or sell or offer for distribution
or sale or have in his possession with intent to distribute or sell
as spirit vinegar, distilled vinegar or grain vinegar any vinegar
which is not made exclusively by the acetous fermentation of dilute
distilled alcohol, or the total amount of acid in 100 cubic centimeters
of which, calculated as acetic acid, is less than four grams.
No person shall distribute or sell or offer for distribution
or sale or have in his possession with intent to distribute or sell
any vinegar the total amount of acid in 100 cubic centimeters of which,
calculated as acetic acid, is less than four grams, or which contains
any mineral acid, any artificial coloring matter or any preservative.
No person shall distribute or sell or offer for distribution
or sale or have in his possession with intent to distribute or sell
any vinegar contained in any barrel, vessel, bottle or package, unless
such barrel, vessel, bottle or package bears a label or imprint thereon
in legible type designating the name and address of the manufacturer
of the vinegar and the name of the particular kind of vinegar contained
therein.
