The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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LABELING FOR MARKETING AND SALE
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 4058)
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§ 4058. Rules; standards
Whenever in the judgment of the Commissioner such action will promote honesty and
fair dealing in the interest of consumers, the Department shall adopt rules fixing
and establishing for any food or class of food a reasonable definition and standard
of identity, or reasonable standard of quality or fill of container. In prescribing
a definition and standard of identity for any food or class of food in which optional
ingredients are permitted, the Department shall, for the purpose of promoting honesty
and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, designate the optional ingredients
that shall be named on the label. The definitions and standard so adopted shall conform
so far as practicable to the definitions and standards promulgated under authority
of the federal act. (Added 1959, No. 172, § 9, eff. May 12, 1959; amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March 1, 1961; 2015, No. 23, § 109; 2023, No. 53, § 89, eff. June 8, 2023.)