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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>358069</law_id><section_number>3.2-5506</section_number><catch_line>Sales of certain vinegar prohibited</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>No person shall sell, offer to sell, or have in <span class="dictionary">possession</span> for sale in the Commonwealth:</p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 3-696; 1964, c. 554; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7; 3.1-905; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
