Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 492
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 492
- Advertisement: means any method used to call attention to a product that is intended to arouse a desire to purchase that product. See
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- Maple sap: means the unprocessed liquid derived from the maple tree (Acer). See
- Maple sugar: means the solid, crystalline produce of maple tree sap only. See
- Maple syrup: means pure maple syrup that is the liquid derived by concentration and heat treatment of the sap of the maple tree (Acer). See
- Person: means individuals, groups of individuals, partnerships, limited partnerships, corporations, companies, cooperatives, and associations. See
- Principal display panel: shall be construed to mean that part of a label that is so designed as most likely to be displayed, presented, shown, or examined under normal and customary conditions of display and purchase. See
- Public eating place: means any person or establishment engaged in the business of preparing and selling food for the general public's consumption on premises and who is subject to the license requirement of 18 V. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
§ 492. Labeling container of maple flavored products
(a) Every product or package containing a product made by combining maple sap, maple sugar, or maple syrup with any other sugar or other substance packed, sold, offered, or exposed for sale or distribution by any person in this State shall be plainly marked in accordance with 9 V.S.A. § 2633(c) for packaging and labeling rules and shall include the following on the principal display panel:
(1) an accurate and descriptive name;
(2) the net quantity contents declaration; and
(3) the amount of maple sugar or maple syrup the product contains expressed in percentage of volume if the product is a liquid or a list of the product ingredients in order of decreasing predominance by weight if the product is a solid. The percentage statement or ingredient list shall be in close proximity to the product name.
(b) The same information required in subsection (a) of this section shall be included in any advertisements of the product. When the product is served in any public eating place, the menu shall be conspicuously marked with an accurate and descriptive name and a statement expressing the percentage of maple sugar or maple syrup the product contains.
(c) The words “maple,” “mapyl,” “mapley,” or words of similar import shall not appear in any manner on a container, label, menu, or advertisement of maple flavored products, unless:
(1) such words are printed in the statement of contents together with the percentage;
(2) such words are a part of the packer’s name, provided that the packer’s name cannot appear to be a part of the product name; or
(3) the words “blend,” “sweetened,” or “flavored” appear immediately before, after, above or below and in equal prominence to such words.
(d) The term “maple flavored” may only be used when 100 percent of the flavoring material is a pure maple product. If any artificial maple flavor is used, the label shall clearly and conspicuously state “artificial flavor.” (Added 1981, No. 235 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1985, No. 241 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 70, eff. July 1, 2022.)