The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 6 V.S.A. § 178)
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§ 178. Unlawful acts; penalties
(a) After notice of the establishment of grades or standards and the determination of
brands, labels, or trademarks, it shall be unlawful to use a brand, label, or trademark
to identify farm products as being of an established grade before a permit is granted
or after the revocation of the right to use such brand, label, or trademark by the
Secretary. For the purpose of further protecting the grades as officially established
and adopted by the Secretary, or any grades established under an act of Congress by
the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the same products, it shall be unlawful to use
the officially designated grade words, titles, or names for the purpose of identifying,
advertising, designating, or describing any lots of such products unless such products
fully meet the requirements of the official grade indicated.
(b) When, in the opinion of the Secretary or his or her representative, it is believed
that any lot or lots of such products so identified, advertised, designated, or described
may not be of the grade indicated, he or she shall cause inspections of such products
to be made for the purpose of determining the actual grade thereof. Such inspections
shall be made by regularly appointed inspectors and in such manner as is provided
in this chapter.
(c) A person violating a provision of this section shall be fined not more than $50.00
for a first offense and, for each subsequent offense, not more than $200.00. A person
who obstructs or hinders the Secretary or any of his or her assistants in the performance
of his or her duties under this chapter shall be fined not less than $10.00 nor more
than $100.00. (Amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 50, eff. July 1, 2022.)