Commissioner of Agriculture. 15 



believe that its continued enforcement is necessary to prevent 

 our citizens from being imposed upon by the vendors above 

 named. 



RENOVATED BUTTER. 



Your honorable body provided by chapter 149 of the Laws of 

 1899, as follows: 



No person shall manufacture, mix or compound with or add 

 to natural milk, cream or butter any animal fats or animal or 

 vegetable oils, nor make or manufacture any oleaginous sub- 

 stance not produced from milk or cream, with intent to sell 

 the same as butter or cheese made from unadulterated milk or 

 cream or have the same in his possession with such intent; nor 

 shall any person solicit or take orders for the same or offer the 

 same for sale, nor shall any such article or substance or com- 

 pound so made or produced be sold as and for butter or cheese, 

 the product of the dairy. No person shall coat, powder or color 

 with annatto or any coloring matter whatever butterine or oleo- 

 margarine or any compound of the same or any product or man- 

 ufacture made in whole or in part from animal fats or animal or 

 vegetable oils not produced from unadulterated milk or cream 

 by means of which such product, manufacture or compound shall 

 resemble butter or cheese, the product of the dairy; nor shall he 

 have the same in his possession with intent to sell the same, nor 

 shall he sell or offer to sell the same. No person by himself, his 

 agents or employees, shall manufacture, sell, offer or expose for 

 sale, butter that is produced by taking original packing stock or 

 other butter or both and melting the same, so that the butter fat 

 can be drawn off, then mixing the said butter fat with skimmed 

 milk or milk or cream or other milk product and rechurning the 

 said mixture, or that is produced by any similar process and is 

 commonly known as boiled or process butter, unless he shall 

 plainly brand or mark the package or tub or wrapper in which 

 the same is put up in a conspicuous place with the words " ren- 

 ovated butter." If the same shall be put up, sold, offered or 

 exposed for sale in prints or rolls, then the said prints or rolls 

 shall be labeled plainly with printed letters in a conspicuous 

 place on the wrapper with the words " renovated butter." If 

 the same is packed in tubs or boxes or pails or other kind of 

 a case or package the words " renovated butter " shall be 

 printed on the top and side of the same in letters, at least, one 

 inch in length, so as to be plainly seen by the purchaser. If 

 such butter is exposed for sale uncovered, not in a package or 

 case, a placard containing the label so printed shall be attached 



