﻿Dairy 
  Products. 
  

  

  General 
  pure 
  food 
  laws 
  have 
  been 
  passed 
  in 
  twenty-four 
  States 
  

   and 
  Territories 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  States 
  and 
  Territories 
  have 
  what 
  may 
  

   be 
  designated 
  as 
  dairy 
  laAvs, 
  except 
  Texas 
  and 
  Wyoming. 
  Sev- 
  

   eral 
  States 
  hav'e 
  a 
  State 
  Dairv 
  Commissioner, 
  a 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  

   Agriculture 
  or 
  other 
  similar 
  officers. 
  

  

  The 
  laws 
  regulating 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  the 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  dairy 
  are 
  

   designed 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  producer 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  consumer, 
  in 
  

   placing 
  on 
  the 
  market 
  clean, 
  pure, 
  wholesome 
  and 
  unadulterated 
  

   milk, 
  butter 
  and 
  cheese. 
  Severe 
  penalties 
  are 
  prescribed 
  for 
  

   manufacturing, 
  selling 
  or 
  offering 
  for 
  sale 
  all 
  imitations 
  and 
  

   adulterations 
  of 
  dairy 
  products 
  when 
  done 
  in 
  a 
  manner 
  intended 
  

   to 
  deceive 
  customers, 
  but 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  skimmed 
  milk 
  and 
  substi- 
  

   tutes 
  for 
  butter 
  and 
  cheese, 
  like 
  filled 
  cheese, 
  oleomargarine, 
  but- 
  

   terine 
  and 
  renovated 
  butter 
  is 
  permitted 
  if 
  the 
  substances 
  are 
  

   branded 
  or 
  marked 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  advise 
  customers 
  of 
  their 
  real 
  char- 
  

   acter. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  past 
  two 
  years 
  twenty 
  States 
  have 
  either 
  passed 
  new 
  

   laws 
  or 
  radically 
  amended 
  their 
  old 
  laws. 
  

  

  The 
  enormous 
  production 
  of 
  oleomargarine 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  

   States, 
  amounting 
  to 
  83,139,901 
  pounds 
  in 
  1899, 
  of 
  which 
  

   5,549,322 
  pounds 
  were 
  exported, 
  shows 
  that 
  a 
  great 
  quantity 
  

   is 
  used 
  here. 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  strict 
  enforcement 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  only 
  

   222,Y78 
  pounds 
  were 
  sold 
  in 
  1900. 
  

  

  The 
  manufacture 
  of 
  renovated 
  or 
  process 
  butter 
  is 
  rapidly 
  

   increasing, 
  and 
  oleomargarine 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  enter 
  largely 
  into 
  this 
  

   product. 
  

  

  