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pound 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." 



The kinds of adulterations prohibited were: animal fats, mak- 

 ing oleomargarine to sell as butter and coloring the same so as 

 to imitate butter. The offenders were, the manufacturer; the 

 jobber or man who took orders; the man who had in possession 

 for sale and the man who sold. 



The first amendment to this section was made by chapter 149 

 of the Laws of 1899, and consisted of the addition to the sec- 

 tion of the following: 



" No person by himself, his agents or employees, shall manu- 

 facture, 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, ' Renovated 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 to the mass of butter in such 

 manner as to easily be seen and read by the purchaser. No 

 person shall sell, offer or expose for sale, any butter or other 

 dairy product containing a preservative, but this shall not be 

 construed to prohibit the use of salt in butter or cheese, or 

 spirituous liquors in club or other fancy cheese or sugar in con- 

 densed milk." 



The original section would seem to have reached all kinds of 

 adulteration; but evidently there were offenders who were 

 shrewdly avoiding the effect of section 27 by taking oils or fats 

 directly from old butter and making " renovated butter." 



