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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 sh?.de of yellow so that such substance shall reseuj- 

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

 any such coloring matter or such substance or substances irit .• 

 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 sha^l 

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

 sides of each tub, firkin, box, or other package in which said 

 article shall be kept and in which it shall be removed from the 

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

 the English language, the word "Oleomargarine," or the word 

 "Butterine," 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. 



Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale any imi- 

 tation butter without informing the purchaser thereof, or the 



