2^4 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



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

 clared to be imitation butter. Provided, That the use of salt and harm- 

 lss 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, yowder, 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, '. ne 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 com- 

 bination of the two, or with either one, any other substance or sub- 

 stances, for the purpose or with the effect of imparting thereto a yellow 

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

 low or any shade of genuine yeilow 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, and harmless coloring mat- 

 ter 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 imitattion 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 uoi 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 

 coloied as herein prohibited 



Sec. 3. Every person who lav. fully manufacture any substance de- 

 signed to be used as a substitute for butter shall mark by branding, 

 stamping, or stenciling upon thetop 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 



