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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Kki'okt 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  IOWA. 
  

  

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  his 
  act 
  defines 
  wluit 
  constitutes 
  imitation 
  butter 
  and 
  cheese; 
  

   proliibits 
  the 
  coloring 
  of 
  substitutes 
  to 
  resemble 
  butter 
  and 
  the 
  

   combination 
  of 
  aiiiinnl 
  fat 
  or 
  vegetable 
  oil-, 
  etc., 
  Avith 
  butter 
  or 
  

   cheese, 
  and 
  the 
  manufacture 
  and 
  sale 
  of 
  imitation 
  butter 
  or 
  cheese, 
  

   except 
  when 
  bramled, 
  stamped 
  or 
  marked, 
  and 
  the 
  shipping 
  of 
  sub- 
  

   stitutes 
  for 
  butter 
  or 
  cheese, 
  except 
  as 
  marked, 
  and 
  excepts 
  goods 
  

   in 
  transit 
  across 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  possession 
  of 
  such 
  substitutes 
  is 
  

   not 
  allowed, 
  except 
  by 
  persons 
  having 
  the 
  same 
  for 
  personal 
  use. 
  

   In 
  case 
  of 
  sales 
  of 
  substitutes, 
  the 
  purchaser 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  notified 
  by 
  

   statement 
  that 
  the 
  substance 
  sold 
  is 
  a 
  substitute 
  for 
  butter 
  or 
  

   cheese; 
  hotels, 
  etc., 
  using 
  substitutes 
  must 
  keep 
  a 
  card 
  posted 
  with 
  

   the 
  words 
  " 
  Substitutes 
  for 
  butter 
  used 
  here," 
  or 
  "' 
  Substitute 
  for 
  

   cheese 
  used 
  here." 
  

  

  Possession 
  of 
  imitations 
  contrary 
  to 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  

   is 
  an 
  evidence 
  of 
  intent 
  to 
  use, 
  and 
  to 
  commit 
  a 
  public 
  offense. 
  

   (Laws 
  1894, 
  chap. 
  4G.) 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  unlawful 
  to 
  sell 
  or 
  exchange 
  or 
  expose 
  for 
  sale 
  or 
  exchange, 
  

   deliver 
  or 
  bring 
  to 
  another 
  for 
  domestic 
  use, 
  or 
  to 
  be 
  converted 
  

   into 
  any 
  product 
  of 
  human 
  food 
  whatsoever, 
  any 
  unclean, 
  impure, 
  

   unhealthy, 
  adulterated 
  or 
  unwholesome 
  or 
  skimmed 
  milk, 
  provided 
  

   that 
  skimmed 
  milk 
  may 
  be 
  sold 
  as 
  such. 
  

  

  Milk 
  which 
  is 
  proved 
  by 
  any 
  reliable 
  method 
  of 
  test 
  or 
  analysis 
  

   to 
  contain 
  less 
  than 
  three 
  pounds 
  of 
  butter 
  fat 
  to 
  the 
  one 
  hundred 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  milk 
  shall 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  skimmed 
  or 
  partially 
  skimmed 
  

   milk. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  made 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Dairy 
  Commissioner 
  to 
  enforce 
  

   the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  section 
  aforesaid. 
  lie 
  is 
  authorized 
  to 
  ap- 
  

   point 
  agents 
  in 
  every 
  city 
  having 
  over 
  ten 
  thousand 
  inhabitants 
  

   in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Iowa 
  to 
  collect 
  samples 
  of 
  milk 
  sold 
  in 
  such 
  

   cities. 
  Everv 
  milk 
  dealer 
  in 
  said 
  cities 
  must 
  obtain 
  a 
  uermit 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  Dairy 
  Commissioner, 
  for 
  which 
  he 
  shall 
  pay 
  one 
  dollar 
  

   annually. 
  (Laws 
  1892, 
  chap. 
  50.) 
  

  

  This 
  act 
  is 
  to 
  regulate 
  the 
  testing 
  of 
  milk, 
  at 
  a 
  creamery, 
  cheese 
  

   factory, 
  or 
  condensed 
  milk 
  factory, 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  a 
  chemical 
  milk 
  

  

  