NY Agric & Mkts L § 207 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 17 - Adulteration, Packing, and Branding of Food and Food Products 207 - Definition of Vinegars and Adulterated Vinegars.

§ 207. Definition of vinegars and adulterated vinegars.1.  The  terms  "cider  vinegar,"  "apple  cider vinegar," or words of   similar import, shall be construed to mean the product made  exclusively   from the expressed juice of clean, sound, fresh apples, or parts of such   apples,  by  alcoholic  and  subsequent  acetous  fermentations  without   distillation.   The term "dried apple  vinegar,"  or  words  of  similar   import,  shall  be  construed  to  mean  the  product resulting from the   alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations without  distillation  of   the  juice produced from clean, sound, dried apples, clean, sound, dried   chopped apples, clean, sound, dried apple  skins  or  cores,  or  clean,   sound dried pomace.2.  The  term  "sugar  vinegar" shall be construed to mean the product   made by the  alcoholic  and  subsequent  acetous  fermentations  without   distillation of solutions of sugar, syrup, molasses or refiner's syrup.3. The term "malt vinegar" shall be construed to mean the product made   by  the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations of an infusion of   barley malt and/or cereals or  a  concentrate  thereof  which  has  been   enzymatically converted by the malting process.4.  The  terms  "wine vinegar," "grape vinegar," shall be construed to   mean  the  product  made  by  the  alcoholic  and   subsequent   acetous   fermentations  of  the  juice  of  grapes or the acetous fermentation of   wine, produced according to federal regulations.5. The term "glucose vinegar" shall be construed to mean  the  product   made  by  the  alcoholic  and subsequent acetous fermentations of sugar,   molasses and/or other nutritive carbohydrate sweeteners.6. The terms "spirit vinegar," "distilled vinegar,"  "grain  vinegar,"   "white  distilled  vinegar," "white vinegar," shall be construed to mean   the product made by the acetous fermentations of dilute ethyl alcohol.7. All vinegars which contain less than four grams of acetic  acid  in   one   hundred  cubic  centimeters  of  the  vinegar  at  twenty  degrees   centigrade, shall be deemed adulterated. Nothing herein shall be  deemed   to  prohibit  the  manufacture of vinegar for consumption elsewhere than   within this state, of such acid content as may be elsewhere required.8. The product made by the destructive distillation of wood, known  as   pyroligneous  acid,  shall  not  be  sold,  offered,  exposed  or had in   possession for sale, for food.9. The terms blended vinegar, mixed vinegar, compound vinegar shall be   construed to mean the product made by acetous fermentation of a blend of   raw materials or a blend of  two  or  more  vinegars,  suitably  labeled   according  to  law.  The  product  may  also  be described as "_________   vinegar," the blank being filled in by any  suitable  and  non-deceptive   term that does not represent or suggest that the product consists solely   of a vinegar described in subdivisions one through six of this section.9-a.  Manufacture  and sale of vinegar and vinegar products defined in   subdivisions one through six of this section shall not be deemed  to  be   misbranded provided the product so defined is labeled in compliance with   subdivision three of section two hundred one of this article.10.  Vinegar  products  other  than  those defined in subdivisions one   through six of this section shall not be  deemed  to  be  misbranded  or   adulterated  provided  that the product source of the raw material shall   be identified on the label by its common or usual  name.  This  includes   other  fruit  vinegars  which  shall be entitled "________ vinegar," the   blank being filled in by the name of the fruit or fruit juices. Packages   containing vinegars made from wine or fruits  which  have  been  reduced   with  water  must be plainly marked or branded "reduced to ......... per   centum acid strength," indicating the acidity to which they have been so   reduced, or words equivalent thereto. 11. The manufacture and sale of the products made by the  addition  of   safe  and  suitable  flavorings  and/or coloring ingredients to vinegars   described in subdivisions one through ten of this section, and  suitably   labeled according to law shall not be deemed to be misbranded.