Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-04-23

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No. 10, 81 Published April II, 1891.
CHAPTER 165.
AN ACT to prevent deception in the sale and
use of limitations Of dairy products.
The people of the State OF Wisconsin represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows
Section !. No person shall sell exchange ex-
pose or offer for sale or exchange, ship Or
censign, or have in his possession with intent 10
sell, ship. or consign, any snbtance purportiBg
appearing. or represented to be butter or cheese
or having the semblanee of either butter or
cheese. which substance is not made wholly and
directly from pure milk. cream. salt and
harmless coloring matter. unless il be done
under its true name, and each vessel. package
roll parcel of such substance has distinctly and
durably painted, stamped, stenciled or markd
thereon, the true name OF such substance in
o-di airy bold-faee capital letters not less than
five line plea in size. or sell or dispose of in any
manner to another. any such su distance in guam
titles less than the original package, without de-
livering with each amount sold or disposed of,
label on which is plainly and legiblv printed in
ordinary bodfaced capital letters not less than
five line plea in size, the true name Of snch sub
stance.
Section 2. No person or persons shall manu-
facture out of any oleaginous substance
or substances, or any compound OF
the same other than that produced
wholly, directly. and at the time of manufacture
from unadulterated milk or cream, salt and
harmless coloring matter. any article in mita-
tion OF or designed ID be sold, shipped, or
signed as butter or cheese Nothing ia this sec
ton shall prevent the use OF pure skinned milk
in the manufacture of cheese, bat cheese made
wholly or in part from SKINNED milk shall be
plainly labeled skinned"
Section 3. No person or persons shall manu-.
fsrture mix, compound with or add TO natural
or pure mi k. cream, butter or cheese any ami
NAL fats. animal. mineral vegetable oils. or
traneous butter, fat or oil nor shall any person
or persons manufacture any 0leaginous or other
substance not produced wholly and at the time
from pnre milk OF cream salt and harmless color
ing matter, or have the same in his possession,
with intent to offer or expose the same for sale
exchange. or sell consign. ship or in any manner
dispose OF the same as ard Tor butter or cheese
nor shall any substance or compound so made
be sold or disposed Of ID any one and for but
ter or cheese.
Section 4. No person or persons shall selI ex
change. expose or offer for sale or exchange dis
pose of. ship or consign, or have in his possess
sion. any substance or article, made in imitation
resemblance Of, any dairy products which is
falsely branded. stenciled, labeled or marked.
section 5. Every person in this state who shall
deal in, keep for sale, expose or offer for sale or
exchange, any substance other than butter or
cheese, made wholly and directly from pure
milk or cream salt and harmless colonng mat
ter, which appears to be, resembles, or is made
in imitation OF butter or cheese shall keep card
not less in size than ten by fourteen inches,
posted in a conspicuous and visible place, where
the same may be easily seen and read. in the
store-room stand, booth, wagon or place where
such substance is so kept exposed for sale, on
which card shall be printed, on white ground
in bold, black Roman letters, not less in size
than twelve line pima, the words s'oleomarga-
rine, "butterine.N limitation cheese" las the
case may DEL, 'sOld mere. ana said card shall
not contain any other words than the ones abeve
prescribed. and no person shall sell anv oleo-
margarine, butter1ne, imitation cheese. or other
imitation dairy product, at retail or in any
quantity less than the original package tub or
frkln unless he shall first inform the purchaser
that the substance is not butter cheese, but an
imitation Of the same
Section 6 Every proprietor. keeper or mana
ger, or person in charge Of any hotel, boarding
house, restaurant eating house. lunch counter
Of lunch room, who therein sels, uses or dis
poses of any substance which appears to be. re-
sembes. OF is made in imitation Of butter or
cheese, under whatsoes er name. aud which sub !
stance il not wholly and directly made from
pure milk or cream, sal., and harmleus coloring
matter, shall display and keep card posted ii
q spicuous place. where the sane may be
easily seen and read in the dining room eating
room, lunch room. restaurant aud place where
such substance is sold. used or disposed Of, /
which card shall be white, and IN size not les |
than ten by f0u rteen inches. upon which snail |
be printed in plain. bold black Roman letters /
not less 10 size than twelve line plea the words
here. limitation cheese sed here" a. he I
case may be-, and said card shall not contain /
any other words than the ones above prescribed |
and such prop letor. keeper manager or person 1
in charge shall u sell, furnish and dispose 81
such substance ami for butter or cheese. made |
from pure milk or cream, salt and harmless col /
oring matter, when bntter or cheese IL asked for |
Section No butter or cheese not made /
wholly and directly from pure milk or cream salt
and harmless eoloring matter shall de used Ia