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

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

 t© 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 construed 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 

 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 wit* 

 butter or combined therewith or with animal fat or vegetable oil or com- 

 bination 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 resemble yellow or any 

 shade of genuine yellow butter, nor introduce any such coloring mattf-r 

 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 man- 

 ufacture 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 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 manufac- 

 ture 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 manufacture any substance de- 

 signed to be used as a substitute for butter shall 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 " Imita- 



