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It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1964, chapter 554; in 1966, chapter 702; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":358063,"section_number":"3.2-5500","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5500\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1424739,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358069,"identifier":"3.2-5506","token":"3.2\/IV\/55\/3.2-5506","url":"\/3.2-5506\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5506\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/55\/3.2-5506","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sales of certain vinegar prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5506","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No person shall sell, offer to sell, or have in <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> for sale in the Commonwealth:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Any vinegar defined in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/3.2-5500\/\">3.2-5500<\/a> that does not comply with such definitions. <a id=\"paragraph-1332458\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-5506\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Any adulterated or misbranded vinegar. <a id=\"paragraph-1332459\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-5506\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Any vinegar or product in imitation of any vinegar so defined. <a id=\"paragraph-1332460\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-5506\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Any vinegar to which any artificial coloring matter has been added of any kind whatever, or that contains any substance or ingredient not derived exclusively from the fruit, grain, sugar or syrup from which it purports to have been derived. <a id=\"paragraph-1332461\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-5506\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSALES OF CERTAIN VINEGAR PROHIBITED (\u00a7 3.2-5506)\n\nNo person shall sell, offer to sell, or have in possession for sale in the\nCommonwealth:\n\n1. Any vinegar defined in &#xA7; 3.2-5500 that does not comply with such\ndefinitions.\n\n2. Any adulterated or misbranded vinegar.\n\n3. Any vinegar or product in imitation of any vinegar so defined.\n\n4. Any vinegar to which any artificial coloring matter has been added of any\nkind whatever, or that contains any substance or ingredient not derived\nexclusively from the fruit, grain, sugar or syrup from which it purports to have\nbeen derived.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-696; 1964, c. 554; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-905; 2008, c.\n860.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}