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wholly from pure milk or cream, salt, rennet, and harmless coloring matter. These 

 articles, including any having melted butter added to them, shall not be colored to 

 resemble butter or cheese; shall be plainly marked "Imitation butter," or "Imita- 

 tion cheese ;" verbal and printed information of the character of the articles, and 

 address of the maker, shall be given at time of sale; signs shall be displayed in 

 public eating places where used. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE ANTICOLOR LAW. 

 (Approved March 29, 1895.) 



Any article not made wholly from unadulterated milk or cream, which is in imita- 

 tion of pure yellow butter or cheese, is prohibited, unless in packages plainly marked 

 "Adulterated butter," "Oleomargarine/' or "Imitation cheese." A label printed 

 with the words on the original package shall be delivered with each retail sale. 

 Oleomargarine, free from color or 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 charac- 

 ter, is permitted. Notice of the use of substitutes for butter in hotels, etc., shall be 

 given to patrons. 



NEW JERSEY ANTICOLOR LAW. 



(Approved March 22, 1886.) 



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

 cream, artificially colored in imitation of pure yellow butter, is prohibited; but 

 oleomargarine and imitation cheese are permitted, if free from artificial color and in 

 original package, encircled by a wide black band bearing the name of the maker 

 and having the name of the contents plainly branded on them with a hot iron. 

 Retail sales shall be accompanied by a printed card on which the name of the sub- 

 stance and the address of the maker are plainly printed, and the customer shall be 

 orally informed of the character of the article at the time of sale. 



NEW MEXICO. 



No law. 



NEW YORK ANTICOLOR LAW. 



(Approved April 10, 1893.) 



The terms oleomargarine, butterine, imitation butter, or imitation cheese mean 

 any article in the semblance of butter or cheese not the usual product of the dairy 

 and not made exclusively from unadulterated milk, or having any oil, lard, melted 

 butter, etc., as a component part. Imitation butter. The manufacture of oleomarga- 

 rine or any article in imitation of butter wholly or partly from fats or oils not pro- 

 duced from milk, or the sale or the use in hotels, etc., of such articles, is prohibited. 

 No article intended as an imitation of butter and containing oils, fats, etc., not from 

 milk, or melted butter in any condition, shall be colored yellow. 







NORTH CAROLINA LABOR LAW. 

 (Ratified February 28, 1895.) 



Oleomargarine and bntterine are defined as articles manufactured in imitation of 

 butter, and which are composed of no ingredient or ingredients in combination with 

 butter. Original packages shall be labeled with chemical ingredients and their 

 proportions. 



NORTH DAKOTA ANTICOLOR LAW. 



(Laws of 1899.) 



Law prohibits manufacture and sale of oleomargarine colored in semblance oi 

 butter. 



OHIO ANTICOLOR LAW. 

 (Approved May 16, 1894.) 



Oleomargarine is defined as any substance not pure butter of not less than 80 per 

 cent butter fat and made for use as butter. It is permitted if free from coloring mat- 

 ter 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. 



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