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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>358065</law_id><section_number>3.2-5502</section_number><catch_line>When deemed adulterated; exception</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="5" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="IV">Food and Drink; Weights and Measures</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="6" identifier="55">Vinegar</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Vinegar that fails to comply with the definitions contained in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/3.2-5500/">3.2-5500</a> or that contains any substance or ingredient not derived exclusively from the fruit, grain, sugar, or syrup from which it is made, or that is composed of a compound or mixture of vinegars made from fruit, grain, sugar and syrup, or any two or more of the same, unless its label bears a principal title differing from any of the named substance and clearly identifies the ingredients in the <span class="dictionary">order</span> of their predominance in the mixture, or that contains less than four grams of acetic acid in 100 cubic centimeters of the vinegar at 20 degrees centigrade, shall be deemed adulterated.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 3-692; 1964, c. 554; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7; 3.1-901; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
