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Vt. targets fake maple products

By Lisa Rathke

 |  Associated Press  

  October 31, 2011

To protect the purity of Vermont’s signature crop and to dissuade others from passing off fake maple syrup for the real thing - which sells for about $50 a gallon - Vermont’s two U.S. senators have co-sponsored a bill that would make it a felony to sell fake maple syrup as the real thing. It would also increase the penalties in existing law from one year to five years in prison. “Vermonters take pride in the natural products our state produces,’’ said Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. He says the growing number of individuals and businesses selling fake maple syrup alarms him.

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