Connecticut § 21a-25 (Formerly Sec. 19-182). Impure vinegar.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 21a-25 — (Formerly Sec. 19-182). Impure vinegar.

Connecticut § 21a-25

Title 21aConsumer Protection

Ch. 417General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 21a-25 (2026).

Text

(a)No person shall make, sell, offer or expose for sale or exchange or solicit or receive any order for the sale or delivery within the state, or for delivery without the state for shipment into the state, of:

(1)Any vinegar, as cider vinegar, not wholly produced from the juice of apples;

(2)any vinegar or article sold or to be sold as vinegar, to which has been added any drug, or any hurtful or foreign substance, or any coloring matter, or any acid; or (3) any vinegar not having an acetic acidity equivalent therein of not less than four per cent by weight of absolute acetic acid and, in case of cider vinegar, not less than one and six-tenths per cent by weight of cider vinegar solids upon full evaporation over boiling water. The delivery of any of the above-mentioned articles upon an o

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(a) No person shall make, sell, offer or expose for sale or exchange or solicit or receive any order for the sale or delivery within the state, or for delivery without the state for shipment into the state, of: (1) Any vinegar, as cider vinegar, not wholly produced from the juice of apples; (2) any vinegar or article sold or to be sold as vinegar, to which has been added any drug, or any hurtful or foreign substance, or any coloring matter, or any acid; or (3) any vinegar not having an acetic acidity equivalent therein of not less than four per cent by weight of absolute acetic acid and, in case of cider vinegar, not less than one and six-tenths per cent by weight of cider vinegar solids upon full evaporation over boiling water. The delivery of any of the above-mentioned articles upon an order solicited or received within the state shall be conclusive evidence that the order upon which such delivery was made was for such articles. (b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall (1) for a first offense, be fined not more than fifty dollars, and (2) for a subsequent offense, be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 3896; P.A. 07-217, S. 92; P.A. 12-80, S. 74.) History: Sec. 19-182 transferred to Sec. 21a-25 in 1983; P.A. 07-217 made a technical change, effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 12-80 inserted Subsec. designators (a) and (b), repositioned and rephrased penalty provision and replaced penalty for subsequent offense of a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D misdemeanor.