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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 coloring matter for 

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

 strued to render such product an imitation. 



Section 2. No person shall coat, powder, or color with an- 

 natto or any coloring matter whatever any substance designed 

 as a substitute for butter, whereby such substitute or product 

 so colored or compounded shall be made to resemble butter, the 

 product of the dairy. No person shall combine any animal fat 

 or vegetable oil or other substance with butter or combined 

 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 yellow so that such substance shall resem- 

 ble yellow or any shade of genuine yellow butter, nor introduce 

 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, pro- 

 duce or manufacture any substance in imitation or semblance of 

 natural butter, nor sell, nor keep for sale, nor offer for sale any 

 imitation butter, made or manufactured, compounded or pro- 

 duced in violation of this section, whether such 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. 



Section 3. Every person who lawfully manufacture any 

 substance designed to be used as a substitute for butter shall 

 mark by branding, stamping, or stenciling upon the top and 



