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

 substitute for butter m'ade from p ure milk or its cream, is hereby de- 

 cl'ared to be imitation 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 p roduct an imitation. 



Sec. 2. No person shall coat, powder, or color with annatto or any 

 coloring matter whatever any substance designed as a soibstltute for- 

 butter, whereiby such siubsititute or product so colored or compounded 

 shall be made to re'sem>T3le butter , the product of the dairy. No person 

 Sihall comibin© any animal flat 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 t hat siuch substitute shall resemble yel- 

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

 ing matter or such substance or substances into any of the articles of 

 which the siamie is; composed:' Provided, Nothing in this act shall be- 

 construed to prohibit the use of s alt, rennet, and harmless coloring m'at- 

 ter for coloring the productsi of p ure milk or cream from the same. 



No person .shall, by hims^eilf, his agents, or employes, produce or man- 

 ufacture any substance in imitation or semblance oif natural butter, nor 

 sell, nor keep for sale,, nor offer for sale any imitation butter, made or 

 manufactured,, comipoundfedi or produced in violation of this se'ction^ 

 whether such imitatio'n butter shall be made or produced in' this State or 

 elsewhere. iThis' deletion shall not be construed' to proihibit the manu- 

 facture and. sale, und'er the regulations hereinafter provided, o^ stub- 

 stances designe'd 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 su'bstitute 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 andi in which it shall 



