Why is the state of WV on soda cans?
 

im looking on a pepsi can and it has the state with a 1 in it.


"Currently only West Virginia levies an excise tax on soft drinks and requires that soft drink packaging visibly indicate that the tax has been paid by the distributor. West Virginia law requires that an outline of the state be inscribed in a 1/4 inch circle on the can end. The State of West Virginia now allows soft drink distributors who are bonded in the state to ink-jet the tax information on the bottoms of cans. The product is in compliance if "WV1" is ink-jetted on the bottom regardless of the inscribed outline of the state."