French Margarine Law. 



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margarine is intended for export, the manufacturer is autho- 

 rised to substitute the trade mark of the purchaser for his 

 own, conditionally upon this mark bearing the word mar- 

 garine in clear and indelible characters. 



In the retail trade, margarine or oleo-margarine must be 

 delivered in cubes with the word margarine (or oleo-marga- 

 rine) im^pressed upon one face, and put into a wrapper also 

 bearing the same designation with the name and address ot 

 the seller. If these cubes are retailed, the goods must be 

 delivered in a wrapper with the said inscription. This regu- 

 lation applies also to margarine or oleo-margarine imported, 

 exported, or sent away. It is forbidden to sell margarine or 

 oleo-margarine except in such wrappers with the above- 

 mentioned descriptions ; and in all bills, invoices, railway 

 receipts, etc., the goods must be distinctly described as 

 margarine or oleo-margarine. Failure to comply with these 

 regulations will be held to indicate that the goods are 

 butter. 



The inspectors mentioned above (or other special experts 

 appointed by the Government) have the right to enter 

 premises where butter is made for sale, customs stations, 

 ports, and railway stations, to take samples of the manu- 

 factured goods prepared as butter, and to transmit such 

 samples to laboratories designated by ministerial decision. 

 Such samples (as well as the expenses of the examination) 

 will be paid for by the State, unless fraud is proved against 

 the proprietor. 



Persons knowdngly infringing the provisions of the present 

 law are liable to imprisonment for a period of from six days 

 to three months, and to a fine of from 4/. to 200/. Inability 

 to furnish the name of the seller or consignor will not be 

 admitted as an excuse for infraction of the law. Carriers or 

 transport companies are liable to a fine of from 2/. to 20/. for 

 carrying margarine in packages not properly labelled. The 

 use of unsound materials or of substances injurious to 

 health will be dealt with under the penal code. A second 

 offence within a year after conviction will always be 

 punished by the maximum fine. 



