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ILLINOIS ANTICOLOR LAW. 



(Approved June 14, 1897.) 



Imitation butter is defined as any article not produced from pure milk or cream 

 salt, rennet, and coloring matter excepted in semblance of butter and designed to 

 be used as a substitute for it. Shall not be colored to resemble butter. All packages 

 must be plainly branded " Oleomargarine," "Butterine," "Substitute for butter," or 

 "Imitation butter." Each sale shall be accompanied by notice to the purchaser that 

 the substitute is imitation butter. 



INDIANA LABEL LAW. 



Butter other than that made from pure milk, when sold or used in hotels, etc., 

 must be plainly labeled "Oleomargarine." 



IOWA ANTICOLOR LAW. 

 (Passed in 1893.) 



Imitation butter or cheese is defined as an article not produced from pure milk or 

 cream salt, rennet, and coloring matter excepted in semblance of butter or cheese 

 and designed to be sold as a substitute for either of them. Shall not be colored to 

 resemble butter or cheese. Every package shall be plainly marked " Substitute for 

 butter" or "Substitute for cheese," and each sale shall be accompanied by a verbal 

 notice and a printed statement that the article is an imitation, the statement giving 

 also the address of the maker. The use of these imitations in hotels, bakeries, etc., 

 must be made known by signs. 



KANSAS. 



No law. 



KENTUCKY ANTICOLOR LAW. 

 (Act of 1898.) 



Oleomargarine, butterine, or kindred compound, made in such form and sold in 

 such manner as will advise the customer of its real character, and free from color or 

 other ingredient to cause it to look like butter, is permitted. 



LOUISIANA LABEL LAW. 

 (Approved July 6, 1888.) 



Such substances as oleomargarine, butterine, bogus butter, etc., shall be plainly 

 labeled to indicate their composition. They shall not be sold as butter. 



MAINE ANTICOLOB LAW. 

 (Approved March 27, 1895.) 



Any article in imitation of yellow butter or cheese and not made exclusively of 

 milk or cream is prohibited. 



MARYLAND ANTICOLOR LAW. 

 (Passed in 1888.) 



The manufacture, sale, or use in public eating places of any article in imitation 

 of and designed to take the place of pure butter or cheese, and not made wholly from 

 milk or cream, is prohibited. Mixtures of any animal fats or animal or vegetable 

 oils with milk, cream, or butter shall be un colored, and marked with names and 

 percentages of adulterants, and this information shall be given to purchasers. 



MASSACHUSETTS ANTICOLOR LAW. 

 (Approved June^ll, 1891.) 



An article made wholly or partly out of any fat or oil, etc., not from pure cream, 

 and which is in imitation of yellow butter, is prohibited; but oleomargarine, free 

 from color or other ingredient to cause it to look like butter, and made in such 

 form and sold in such manner as will advise the consumer of its real character, is 



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