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by a provision of the agricultural appropriatioii act fi>r the fiscal year 

 1907, which is re-enacted and made permanent In the similar act for the 

 fiscal year 1908, act March 4. 1!H)7, c. 2907. set forth on p. 04, post. 



ACT MAY 23, 1908. c. 192. (35 Sttit. 251.) 



Inspection of dairy products for exportation; inden'tification marks, etc. 



* * * That the Act of jNIarch third, eighteen hundred and 

 ninety-one, as amended March second, oiijhteen hundred and ninety- 

 five, f(u- the inspection of live cattle and i)i'(Klncts (hereof, shall be 

 deemed to include dairy products intended for exportation to any 

 foreign country, and the Secretary of Agiiculture may apply, under 

 rules and regulations to be prescribed by hini. the provisions of said 

 act for inspection and certification appropriate for ascertaining the 

 purity and quality of such products, and may cause the same to be 

 so marked, stamped, or labeled as to secure their identity and make 

 known in the n^arkets of foreign countries to which tliey may be 

 sent from the United States their purity, quality, and grade; and 

 all the provisions of said Act relating to live cattle and products 

 thereof for export shall apply to dairy ])roducts so inspected and 

 certified: * * * 



Act May 23. 1908, c. 192, 35 Stat. 2M. 



These are provisions of the agrioultnr.il .ipiiropriation act for the fiscal 

 year liXM). cited above. Similar provisions were contained in the similar 

 appropriation acts for the previous fiscal years, beginning with the act 

 for the fiscal year 1902. 



Act March 3, 1891, c. 555, as amended by act March 2, 1895, c. 169, is 

 set forth on p. 55, ante. 



Other provisions extending provisions of act August 30, 1890, c. 839, 

 and act March 3, 1891. c. 555. as amende<l by act March 2, 1895. c. 169, 

 to process or renovated butter; providing for marking, etc., of same, for 

 sanitary inspection of factories, etc., and materials; and maliing viola- 

 tion of such provisions punishable by a penaltv. .ire contained in act 

 May 9, 1902, c. 784, s. 5, sot forth below. 



ACT MAY 9, 1902, c. 784. (32 Stat. 193.) 



Inspection of process or renovated butter; sanitary inspection of factories, etc.; 

 marking, etc., on packages; regulations and investigations and reports on 

 materials used; violations of provisions punishable. 



Sec. 5. All parts of an Act providing for an inspection of meats 

 for exportation, approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 

 ninety, and of an Act to provide for the inspection of live cattle, hogs, 

 and the carcasses and products thereof which are the subjects of in- 

 terstate commerce, approved March third, eighteen hundred and 

 ninety-one, and of amendment thereto approved iNfarch second, eight- 

 een hundred and ninety-five, which are applicable to the subjects 

 and purposes described in this section shall :ij)ply to process or reno- 

 vated butter. And the Secretary of Agricultiire is hereby authorized 

 and required to cause a rigid sanitary ins|K'cli<)n to be made, at such 

 times as he may deem proper or necessary, of all factories and store- 

 houses where process or renovated butter is manufactured, packed, 

 or prepared for market, and of the products thereof and materials 

 going into the manufacture of the same. All process or renovated 

 butter and the packages containing the same shall be maikod with 

 the words " Renovated Butter " or " Process Butter " and by such 

 other marks, labels, or brands and in .such manner as may be pre- 

 scribed by the Secretary of. Agriculture, and no process or renovated 



