                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 3.2-5500)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:

&#8220;Apple vinegar,&#8221; &#8220;cider vinegar,&#8221; and similar words mean
the product made exclusively from the expressed juice of washed, fresh, whole
apples or portions thereof by alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations.

&#8220;Corn sugar vinegar,&#8221; &#8220;glucose vinegar,&#8221; and similar
words mean the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous
fermentations, without distillation, of solutions of corn sugar or glucose
prepared from cornstarch.

&#8220;Distilled vinegar,&#8221; &#8220;grain vinegar,&#8221; or &#8220;spirit
vinegar,&#8221; or similar words mean the product made by the acetous
fermentation of dilute distilled alcohol derived from grain, sugar, syrup,
molasses, or refiners&#8217; syrup.

&#8220;Evaporated apple products vinegar,&#8221; &#8220;vinegar made from
evaporated apple products,&#8221; and similar words mean the product made by the
alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations of the aqueous extract obtained
from clean, sound dried apples, dried chopped apples, or dried apple skins or
cores.

&#8220;Grape vinegar,&#8221; &#8220;wine vinegar,&#8221; and similar words mean
the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations of the
expressed juice of fresh whole grapes or portions thereof.

&#8220;Malt vinegar&#8221; and similar words mean the product made by the
alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations, without distillation, of an
infusion of barley malt or cereals whose starch has been converted by malt.

&#8220;Sugar vinegar&#8221; and similar words mean the product made by the
alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations, without distillation, of
solutions of sugar, syrup, molasses, or refiners&#8217; syrup.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 3-691; 1964, c. 554; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-900; 2008, c.
860.