2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 3 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 61 - Maple Products
6103 - Definitions.

     § 6103.  Definitions.
        The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
     shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
     context clearly indicates otherwise:
        "Advertisement."  Any method used to call public attention to
     a product for the specific purpose of inducing a desire to
     purchase that product. The term includes, but is not limited to,
     signs, displays, radio and television broadcasts, newspapers and
     periodicals, direct mail and other printed forms.
        "Brix."  A scale used to measure sugar solutions so graduated
     that its readings at a specified temperature represent
     percentages by weight of sugar in the solution.
        "Bulk maple syrup."  Maple syrup packed in containers of more
     than five gallons.
        "Damaged maple syrup."  A maple syrup which has color,
     appearance, flavor, aroma, edibility or shipping quality which
     has been adversely affected by contamination of sap or syrup
     with biological, chemical, buddy or particulate matter.
        "Dealer," "packer" or "reprocessor."  A person who annually
     purchases, produces or otherwise acquires from another person or
     persons at least 1,000 gallons of maple syrup for the purposes
     of packaging for resale or for the purposes of resale in bulk.
        "Food establishment."  Shall have the meaning given to it in
     the act of July 7, 1994 (P.L.421, No.70), known as the Food Act.
        "Grade."  The standards for maple syrup or maple sugar
     promulgated through regulations of the department as the
     official grades of maple syrup or maple sugar for this
     Commonwealth.
        "Hydrometer."  A floating instrument which measures the
     specific gravities of liquid solutions and which contains a
     scale designed to determine the density of maple sap or maple
     syrup.
        "Inspector."  A person with knowledge of the maple syrup
     industry designated by the Department of Agriculture to carry
     out the duties described in this chapter.
        "Maple products."  Maple syrup, maple sugar, maple cream or
     any other product in which the sugar content is entirely derived
     from pure maple sap and to which nothing has been added unless
     allowed under section 6107 (relating to requirements and
     grades).
        "Maple sap."  The unprocessed liquid derived from the maple
     tree.
        "Maple sugar."  The solid, crystalline product of maple sap.
        "Maple syrup."  The liquid derived by concentration and heat
     treatment of maple sap.
        "Maple syrup confectionery."  A product consisting of maple
     syrup and other food products that does not contain artificial
     flavors or colors.
        "Packaged maple syrup."  Maple syrup packed in containers of
     five gallons or less.
        "Producer."  A person who collects maple sap for the
     production of maple syrup or maple products for sale in retail
     or wholesale markets.