CHAP. 526.—An ACT to prevent the adulteration of butter and
cheese, and the sale of the same and preserve the public health.

Approved March 1, 1892.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That no person shall manufacture 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 unadulte-
rated milk or cream of the same, or shall sell or offer for
sale the same as an article of food. This provision shal]
not apply to pure skim-milk cheese made from pure skim
milk. Whoever violates the provisions of this section
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by a
fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dol-
lars for the first offence, and for each subsequent offence
shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.
2. That no person, by kimself or his agent or servants,
shall render or manufacture out of any animal fat or ani-
mal or vegetable oils not produced from unadulterated
milk or cream from the same, any article in imitation or
semblance of natural butter or cheese produced from pure,
unadulterated milk or,cream of the same, nor mix, com-
pound with, or add to milk, cream, or butter any acids or
other deleterious substances or any animal fat or animal
oils not produced from milk or cream ‘so as to produce
any article or substance or any human food in imitation
or semblance of natural butter or cheese, nor sell, keep
for sale, or offer for sale any article, substance or com-
pound made, manufactured, or produced in violation of
the provisions of this section, whether such article, sub-
stance or compound shal! be made or produced in this
state or elsewhere. Whoever violates the provisons of
this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be
punished by a fine of not Jess than fifty nor more than one
hundred dollars for the first offence, and for each subse-
quent offence shall be punished by a fine of not less than
one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred and fifty
dollars. Nothing in this section shall impair the pro-
visions of the first section of this act.

3. That no person shall manufacture, mix, or compound
with or add to natural milk, cream, or butter any animal
fats or animal or vegetable oils, nor shall he make or
manufacture any oleaginous substance not produced from
milk or cream, with the intent to sell the same for butter
or cheese made from unadulterated milk or cream, or have
the same in his possession, or offer the same for sale with
such intent; norshall any article, substance or compound
so made or produced be sold, intentionally or otherwise, as
and for butter or cheese the product of the dairy; no per-
son shall coat, powder, or color with annualto or any
coloring matter whatever, butterine or oleomargarine or
any compound of the same, or any product or manufacture
made in whole or in part from animal fats or animal or
vegetable oils not, produced from unadulterated milk or
cream, whereby the said product, manufacture or com-
pound shall resemble butter or cheese the product of the
dairy, or shall have the same in his possession with the
intent to sell the same, or shall sell or offer the same for
sale. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this sec-
tion shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by
a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred
dollars for the first offence, and shall be punished by a fine
of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two
hundred and fifty dollars for each subsequent offence.
This section shall not be construed to impair or affect the
prohibitions of sections one and two of this act.
4. That no keeper or proprietor of any bakery, hotel,
tavern, boarding-house, restaurant, saloon, lunch-counter
or place of public entertainment, or any person having
charge thereof or employed thereat, shall keep, use or
serve therein, either as food for their guests, boarders,
patrons or customers, or for cooking purposes, any article
made in violation of the provisions of sections one, two
and three of this act. Whoever violates the provisions
of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than
two hundred dollars for each offence.

5. That authority to impose such fines, with cost, as
are enumerated in sections one, two, three and four of this
act shall vest in the same court that exercises jurisdiction
of other criminal cases.

6. That all acts or parts of acts, so far as they conflict
with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

- 7. This act shall be in force from its passage.