252 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, 
1893, and is as follows: 
ARTICLE II. 
Dairy Products. 
Src. 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 con- 
dition. 
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