282 Milk and Its Products. 



of Internal Revenue may authorize the holder of such packages to 

 mark and brand the same and to affix thereto the proper tax-paid 

 stamps. 



Approved June 6, 1896. 



THE NEW YORK LAW. 



The law of the state of New York is typical of the state laws 

 governing the manufacture, sale, and adulteration of dairy products. 

 It forms Article II. of Chapter XXXIII. of the General Laws; the 

 latter being Chapter 338 of the Laws of 1893, passed April 10th, 

 J893, and is as follows: 



ARTICLE II. 



Dairy Products. 



Sec. 20. Definitions. — The terms butter and cheese, when used 

 in this article, mean the products of the dairy, usually known by 

 those terms, which are manufactured exclusively from pure, una- 

 dulterated milk or cream or both, with or without salt or rennet, 

 and with or without coloring matter or sage. The terms oleomar- 

 garine, butterine, imitation butter or imitation cheese, shall be 

 construed to mean any article or substance in the semblance of 

 butter or cheese not the usual product of the dairy, and not made 

 exclusively of pure and unadulterated milk or cream, or any such 

 article or substance into which any oil, lard or fat not produced 

 from milk or cream enters as a component part, or into which 

 melted butter or butter in any condition or state, or any oil 

 thereof, has been introduced to take the place of cream. The term 

 adulterated milk, when so used, means: 



1. Milk containing more than 88 per centum of water or fluids. 



2. Milk containing less than 12 per centum of milk solids. 



3. Milk containing less than 3 per centum of fats. 



4. Milk drawn from cows within fifteen days before and five 

 days after parturition. 



5. Milk drawn from animals fed on distillery waste, or any sub- 

 stance in a state of fermentation or putrefaction, or on any un- 

 healthy food. 



6. Milk drawn from cows kept in a crowded or unhealthy conx 

 dition. 



