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therefrom, made in the semblance cf butter and designed to be used as a 

 substitute for butter made from pure milk or its cream, is hereby declared 

 to be imitation butter: Provided, That the use of salt and harmless color- 

 ing matter for coloring the product of pure milk or cream shall not be con- 

 strued to render such product an imitation. 



Sec. 2. No person shall coat, powder, or color with annatto or any 

 coloring matter whatever any substance designed as a substitute for but- 

 ter, whereby such substitute or product so colored or compounded shall be 

 made to resemble butter, the product of the dairy. No person shall com- 

 bine any animal fat or vegetable oil or other substance with butter or com- 

 bined therewith or with animal fat or vegetable oil or combination of the 

 two, or with either one, any other substance or substances, for the purpose 

 or with the effect of imparting thereto a yellow color or any shade of yel- 

 low so that such substitute shall resemble yellow or any shade of genuine 

 yellow butter, nor introduct any such coloring matter or such substance 

 or substances into any of the articles of which the same is composed: 

 Provided, Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit the use of salt, 

 rennet, and harmless coloring matter for coloring the products of pure 

 milk or cream from the same. 



No person shall, by himself, his agents, or employes, produce or manu- 

 facture any substance in imitation or semblance of natmral butter, nor sell, 

 nor keep for sale, nor offer for sale any imitation butter, made or manu- 

 factured, compounded or produced in violation of this section, whether 

 such imitation butter shall be made or produced in this State or elsewhere. 

 This section shall not be construed to prohibit the manufacture and sale, 

 under the regulations hereinafter provided, of substances designed to be 

 used as a substitute for butter and not manufactured or colored as herein 

 prohibited. 



Sec. 3. Every person who lawfully manufactures any substance de- 

 signed to be used as a substrtute lor butter shall mark by branding, stamp- 

 ing, or stenciling upon the top and side of each tub, firkin, box, or other 

 package in which said article shall be kept and in which it shall be re- 

 moved from the place where it is produced, in a clean and durable manner, 

 in the English language, the word 'Oleomargarine," or the word "Butter- 

 ine," or the words "Substitute for butter," or the words "Imitation butter," 

 in printed letters in plain, Roman type, each of which shall not be less than 

 three-quarters of an inch in length. 



