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Cleanliness and Maple Quality
Sanitizers and Maple Quality
Quality Begins in the Sugarbush

   Spouts
   Buckets and Pail 
   Pipelines, Tubing and Conduits
   Tree Tapping
   Sap Collection
   Sap Filtering
   Sap Tanks
Quality Continues in the Sugarhouse

   Processing Sap
   Syrup Density
   Syrup Filtering

   Syrup Packing
    Packing in Bulk
    Filling Drums
    Filling Retail Containers
    Grading Syrup for Retail Container
    Care and Storage of Canned Syrup

 

Reducing Lead in Syrup
    Equipment
    Practices
After Sugaring
    Quality Begins for the Next Season

Appendix
    State Regulations and Licensing
    Official Grade Standards
 


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