FOURTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART X. 643 



PURE FOOD LAWS RELATING TO DAIRY PRODUCTS. 



IMITATION BUTTER OK CHEESE. 



Sec. 2516. Every ai-ticle, substitute or compound, save that produced from 

 pure milk or cream from milk of cows, made in the semblance of or designed to 

 be used for and in the place of butter, is imitation butter ; and every article, sub- 

 stitute or compound, save that produced from pure milk or cream from milk of 

 cows, made in the semblance of or designed to be used for and in the place of 

 cheese, is imitation cheese. iNo one shall manufacture, have in his possession, offer 

 to sell or sell, solicit or take orders for delivery, ship, consign or forward by any 

 common carrier, public or private, and no common carrier shall knowingly receive 

 or transport, any such imitation butter or cheese, except in the manner and subject 

 to the regulations in this chapter provided. 



SUBSTITUTE FOR BUTTER OU CHEESE— REGULATIONS AS TO SALES AND 

 USE— TRANSPORTATION. 



Sec. 2517. A substitute for butter and cheese, not having a yellow color 

 nor colored in imitation of butter and cheese as prohibited in the next section, 

 may be manufactured, kept in possession, offered for sale, sold, shipped, consigned 

 or forwarded by common carriers, public or private, if each tub, firkin, box or other 

 package in which the same is kept, offered for sale, sold, shipped, consigned or 

 forwarded shall have branded, stamped or marked on the side or top thereof in the 

 English language, in a durable manner, the words, "Substitute for butter" or 

 '•Substitute for cheese," as the case may be, the letters of the words to be not 

 less than one inch in length by one half inch in width. The defacing, erasure, 

 canceling or removal of this brand or mark, with intent to mislead, deceive, or 

 violate any provision of this chapter, is prohibited. Such substitute for butter or 

 cheese may be kept, used or served as a food or for cooking in hotels, restaurants, 

 lunch counters, boarding houses or other places of public entertainment, only in 

 case the proprietor or person in charge of such place shall display and keep con- 

 stantly posted a card opposite each table or other place where the guests or others 

 are served with the same, which card shall be white, at least ten by fourteen 

 inches in size, the words, "Substitute for butter used here," or "Substitute for 

 cheese used here," as the case may be, printed in black Roman letters of the same 

 size as herein required to be placed upon the tubs, firkins, boxes or other package 

 which substi'tute for butter or cheese is kept, and no other words or figures shall 

 be printed thereon. No substitute for butter or cheese shall be offered for sale in 

 the manufacturer's original package under the name of or for true butter or cheese 

 made from the milk or cream of cows, nor shall any substitute for butter or cheese 

 be offered for sale or sold unless the purchaser at the time was informed thereof, 

 and, in addition, furnished with a printed statement in the English language in 

 prominent type that the substance sold is such substitute, and giving the name and 

 place of business of the maker. Nothing nerein contained, however, shall be so 

 construed so as to prohibit the transportation of imitation butter or cheese through 

 and across the state. 



COLORING— ADULTERATION. 



Sec. 2."»18. No one shall color with any matter whatever any substance in- 

 tended as a substitute lor butter or cheese, so as to cause it to resemble true dairy 

 products, or combine any animal fat, vegetable oil or other substance with butter 

 or cheese, or combine with any substance whatever, intended as a substitute for 

 butter or cheese, anything of any kind or nature for the purpose or with the effect 

 of imparting to the compound the color of yellow butter or cheese, the product of 

 the milk or cream from cows, or use, solicit orders for delivery, keep for sale or sell 

 any such substance so colored and disguised as a substitute for butter or cheese ; but 



