N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 207: Definition of vinegars and adulterated vinegars

§ 207. Definition of vinegars and adulterated vinegars.

1. The terms "cider vinegar," "apple cider vinegar," or words of

similar import, shall be construed to mean the product made exclusively

from the expressed juice of clean, sound, fresh apples, or parts of such

apples, by alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations without

distillation. The term "dried apple vinegar," or words of similar

import, shall be construed to mean the product resulting from the

alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations without distillation of

the juice produced from clean, sound, dried apples, clean, sound, dried

chopped apples, clean, sound, dried apple skins or cores, or clean,

sound dried pomace.

2. The term "sugar vinegar" shall be construed to mean the product

made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations without

distillation of solutions of sugar, syrup, molasses or refiner's syrup.

3. The term "malt vinegar" shall be construed to mean the product made

by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations of an infusion of

barley malt and/or cereals or a concentrate thereof which has been

enzymatically converted by the malting process.

4. The terms "wine vinegar," "grape vinegar," shall be construed to

mean the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous

fermentations of the juice of grapes or the acetous fermentation of

wine, produced according to federal regulations.

5. The term "glucose vinegar" shall be construed to mean the product

made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations of sugar,

molasses and/or other nutritive carbohydrate sweeteners.

6. The terms "spirit vinegar," "distilled vinegar," "grain vinegar,"

"white distilled vinegar," "white vinegar," shall be construed to mean

the product made by the acetous fermentations of dilute ethyl alcohol.

7. All vinegars which contain less than four grams of acetic acid in

one hundred cubic centimeters of the vinegar at twenty degrees

centigrade, shall be deemed adulterated. Nothing herein shall be deemed

to prohibit the manufacture of vinegar for consumption elsewhere than

within this state, of such acid content as may be elsewhere required.

8. The product made by the destructive distillation of wood, known as

pyroligneous acid, shall not be sold, offered, exposed or had in

possession for sale, for food.

9. The terms blended vinegar, mixed vinegar, compound vinegar shall be

construed to mean the product made by acetous fermentation of a blend of

raw materials or a blend of two or more vinegars, suitably labeled

according to law. The product may also be described as "_________

vinegar," the blank being filled in by any suitable and non-deceptive

term that does not represent or suggest that the product consists solely

of a vinegar described in subdivisions one through six of this section.

9-a. Manufacture and sale of vinegar and vinegar products defined in

subdivisions one through six of this section shall not be deemed to be

misbranded provided the product so defined is labeled in compliance with

subdivision three of section two hundred one of this article.

10. Vinegar products other than those defined in subdivisions one

through six of this section shall not be deemed to be misbranded or

adulterated provided that the product source of the raw material shall

be identified on the label by its common or usual name. This includes

other fruit vinegars which shall be entitled "________ vinegar," the

blank being filled in by the name of the fruit or fruit juices. Packages

containing vinegars made from wine or fruits which have been reduced

with water must be plainly marked or branded "reduced to ......... per

centum acid strength," indicating the acidity to which they have been so

reduced, or words equivalent thereto.

11. The manufacture and sale of the products made by the addition of

safe and suitable flavorings and/or coloring ingredients to vinegars

described in subdivisions one through ten of this section, and suitably

labeled according to law shall not be deemed to be misbranded.