28o ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



€lared to be imitatloii butter. Provided, That the use of salt and harm- 

 less coloring matter for coloring the product of pure milk or cream shall 

 not be construed to render such product an imitation. 



Sec. 2. No perston 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 compoundedi 

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

 shall comtbine any animal fat or vegetable oil or other substance with 

 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 sub- 

 B'tances, for the purpose or with the effect of imparting thereto a yellow 

 color or any shade of yellow so that such substance shall resemble yel- 

 low or any shade of genuine yellow butter, nor introduce any such color- 

 ing 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, audi harmless coloring mat- 

 ter for coloring the products of pure milk or cream from the same. 



No person S'hall, by himself, his agents, or employes, prodtuce 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 manu- 

 facture and sale, under the regulations hereinafter provided, of sub- 

 stances designed to be used as a substitute for butter and not manufac- 

 tured 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 side 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 word's "Substitute for Butter," or the words "Imita- 



