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. § 493)
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§ 493. Labeling container of artificial maple flavored products
It shall be unlawful to use the term “maple syrup” or “maple sugar,” however modified,
to describe any product, flavoring, sweetener, or food additive unless the product,
flavoring, sweetener, or food additive so described meets the statutory definition
of “maple syrup” or “maple sugar.” Terms such as “artificial maple syrup” or “artificial
maple sugar” are declared to be misleading and deceptive and may not be used in the
labeling or advertising of any product. Terms such as “artificial maple flavor” or
“artificial maple flavor sweetener” may be used to describe a product flavored or
sweetened with a substance that attempts to duplicate real maple flavor, providing
that words such as “artificial,” “flavor,” and other modifiers of the word “maple”
shall appear in equal prominence to the word “maple” on the label and in all advertising
of the product. (Added 1981, No. 235 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)