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Code · U.S. Code · Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS · CHAPTER 9— FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT · SUBCHAPTER II— DEFINITIONS · § 321a

§ 321a. “Butter” defined

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For the purposes of the Food and Drug Act of June 30, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 768) “butter” shall be understood to mean the food product usually known as butter, and which is made exclusively from milk or cream, or both, with or without common salt, and with or without additional coloring matter, and containing not less than 80 per centum by weight of milk fat, all tolerances having been allowed for.
(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 268, 42 Stat. 1500.)
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  • Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 268
  • 42 Stat. 1500
  • act June 30, 1906, ch. 3915
  • 34 Stat. 768
  • act June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1002(a)
  • 52 Stat. 1059
  • Pub. L. 111–31, div. A, title I, § 101(b)(2)
  • 123 Stat. 1784
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§ 321a
“Butter” defined
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ActMar. 4, 1923, ch. 268
Stat.42 Stat. 1500
Actact June 30, 1906, ch. 3915
Stat.34 Stat. 768
Actact June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1002(a)
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