(a) No person shall make, sell, offer or expose for sale or exchange or solicit or receive any order for the sale or delivery within the state, or for delivery without the state for shipment into the state, of: (1) Any vinegar, as cider vinegar, not wholly produced from the juice of apples; (2) any vinegar or article sold or to be sold as vinegar, to which has been added any drug, or any hurtful or foreign substance, or any coloring matter, or any acid; or (3) any vinegar not having an acetic acidity equivalent therein of not less than four per cent by weight of absolute acetic acid and, in case of cider vinegar, not less than one and six-tenths per cent by weight of cider vinegar solids upon full evaporation over boiling water. The delivery of any of the above-mentioned articles upon an order solicited or received within the state shall be conclusive evidence that the order upon which such delivery was made was for such articles.

Attorney's Note

Under the Connecticut General Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class D misdemeanorup to 30 daysup to $250
For details, see Conn. Gen. Stat.53a-36

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 21a-25

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.

(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall (1) for a first offense, be fined not more than fifty dollars, and (2) for a subsequent offense, be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.