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DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS OF BUTTER 



Generally speaking the state standards for butter are not 

 enforced. The only butter standard that is systematically en- 

 forced is the 16 per cent moisture ruling of the Internal Revenue 

 Department. 



The following list shows the butter standards in some of the 

 foreign countries, compiled by the United States Bureau of 

 Chemistry: 



TABLE 99 



BUTTER STANDARDS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES. 

 Compiled By and Secured Through Courtesy of United States Bureau 



of Chemistry, 1919. 



1 Butter which contains more than 18 per cent non-fatty constituents 

 such as water, milk sugar, casein, must be sold under the designation 

 "beurre laiteux" (milky butter). 



8 Butter which contains over 16 per cent water, but less than 20 per 

 cent water, must bear the designation "water butter" (Vandsmeer). 



3 Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis, Fourth Edition. Vol. II, 1914. 



* Inforced by Internal Revenue Dept. 



5 Standard of United States Department of Agriculture, not enforced. 



Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis, Fourth Edition, Vol. II, 1914. 





