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Session Laws, 1888 Session
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ELIHU E. JACKSON. ESQUIRE. GOVERNOR.

Chapter 312.

AN ACT to prevent deception in the sale or use
of butter and cheese, and to preserve the pub-
lic health.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

529


bly of Maryland, That no person shall manu-
facture out of any oleaginous substance or
substances, or any compound of the same other
than that produced from unadulterated milk,
or of cream from the same, any article designed
to take the place of butter or cheese produced
from pure, unadulterated milk or cream of the
same, or shall sell or offer for sale the same as
an article of food. This provision shall not
apply to pure skim milk or cheese made from pure
skim milk. Whoever violates the provisions of

Not permitted

this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and be punished by a fine of not less than one
hundred dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars, or not less than six months or more
than one year imprisonment, or both such fine
and imprisonment for the first offence, and by
imprisonment for one year for each subsequent
offence.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That no person,

Punishment

by himself or his agents or servants, shall ren-
der or manufacture out of any animal fat or
animal or vegetable oils not produced from
unadulterated milk, or cream from the same, any
article in imitation or semblance of natural
butter or cheese Reduced from pure, unadul-
terated milk or cream of the same; nor mix,
compound with or add to milk, cream or butter
any acids or other deleterious substance, or any
animal fats or animal or vegetable oils not pro-
duced from milk or cream, so as to produce any
article or substance, or any human food in imita-
tion or semblance of natural butter or cheese ;
nor sell, keep for sale, or offer for sale, any arti-
cle, substance or compound made, manufactured
or produced in violation of the provisions
,of this section, whether such article, sub-
stance or compound shall be made or pro-
duced in this state or elsewhere. This sec-
tion shall not be so construed as to re-
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Unlawful to
use acids, etc.



 
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