Editing Vodka (section)

==Today==
Vodka is less likely than other spirits to produce the [[Hangover|undesirable aftereffects of heavy consumption]]
(though no less likely to intoxicate) because of its low level of [[fusel oil]]s and [[Congener (alcohol)|congeners]], which are impurities that flavor spirits.<ref>*{{cite book|last=Price|first=Pamela Vandyke|title=The Penguin Book of Spirits and Liqueurs|year=1980|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=0-14-046335-6|pages=196 ff}}</ref>

Since the year 2000, because of evolving consumer tastes and regulatory changes, several 'artisanal vodka' or even 'ultra premium vodka' brands have appeared.

===European Union regulation===
The success of [[grape]]-based vodka in the United States in the early twenty-first century prompted traditional vodka producers in the Vodka Belt countries of [[Poland]], [[Finland]], [[Estonia]], [[Lithuania]], and [[Sweden]] to campaign for [[EU legislation]] that would define ''vodka'' as only spirits made from grain or potatoes.<ref name=reuters/><ref name=stubb/> This proposition provoked heavy criticism from South European countries, which often distill used [[Mashing|mash]] from wine-making into spirits; although higher-quality mash is usually distilled into some variety of [[pomace brandy]], the lower-quality mash is better turned into neutral-flavored spirits instead. Any vodka not made from either grain or potatoes would have to display the products used in its production. This regulation entered into force in 2008.<ref name="europarl">{{cite web|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32008R0110|title=Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89|website=EUR-Lex|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref>

===Canadian regulations===
Under [[Canadians|Canadian]] regulations, vodka is a potable alcoholic distillate obtained from potatoes, cereal grain, or any other material of agricultural origin fermented by the action of yeast or a mixture of yeast and other microorganisms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/C.R.C.,_c._870/page-31.html#h-569931|title=Consolidated federal laws of canada, Food and Drug Regulations|last=Branch|first=Legislative Services|date=3 June 2019|website=laws.justice.gc.ca|access-date=15 July 2019}}</ref>

===United States regulations===
In 1956, it was put into revenue ruling that sugar not more than 0.2% and trace amounts of citric acid are not considered flavoring agent. The meaning of "trace amounts" of citric acid was clarified as not more than 1,000ppm in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 29, 1995 |title=ATF Ruling 97-1 |url=https://www.ttb.gov/images/pdfs/rulings/97-1.htm}}</ref>

It is no longer defined as "to be without distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Allan |first=M. Carrie |date=2021-10-28 |title=Vodka has a new definition — it's still neutral, but no longer flavorless |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2020/06/12/vodka-has-a-new-definition-its-still-neutral-but-no-longer-flavorless/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> The law includes other requirements: Vodka cannot be aged in wood; it may or may not be charcoal filtered; and it must meet minimum distillation and bottling proofs.<ref name="27 CFR 5.22">{{Cite web |title=27 CFR § 5.22 – The standards of identity. |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/27/5.22 |access-date=22 January 2021 |website=LII / Legal Information Institute |language=en}}</ref>