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Code · U.S. Code · Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS · CHAPTER 9— FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT · SUBCHAPTER IV— FOOD · § 347

§ 347. Intrastate sales of colored oleomargarine

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(a)Law governing Colored oleomargarine or colored margarine which is sold in the same State or Territory in which it is produced shall be subject in the same manner and to the same extent to the provisions of this chapter as if it had been introduced in interstate commerce.
(b)Labeling and packaging requirements No person shall sell, or offer for sale, colored oleomargarine or colored margarine unless—
(1)such oleomargarine or margarine is packaged,
(2)the net weight of the contents of any package sold in a retail establishment is one pound or less,
(3)there appears on the label of the package
(A)the word “oleomargarine” or “margarine” in type or lettering at least as large as any other type or lettering on such label, and
(B)a full and accurate statement of all the ingredients contained in such oleomargarine or margarine, and
(4)each part of the contents of the package is contained in a wrapper which bears the word “oleomargarine” or “margarine” in type or lettering not smaller than 20-point type.
The requirements of this subsection shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any of the other requirements of this chapter.
(c)Sales in public eating places No person shall possess in a form ready for serving colored oleomargarine or colored margarine at a public eating place unless a notice that oleomargarine or margarine is served is displayed prominently and conspicuously in such place and in such manner as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual being served in such eating place or is printed or is otherwise set forth on the menu in type or lettering not smaller than that normally used to designate the serving of other food items. No person shall serve colored oleomargarine or colored margarine at a public eating place, whether or not any charge is made therefor, unless
(1)each separate serving bears or is accompanied by labeling identifying it as oleomargarine or margarine, or
(2)each separate serving thereof is triangular in shape.
(d)Exemption from labeling requirements Colored oleomargarine or colored margarine when served with meals at a public eating place shall at the time of such service be exempt from the labeling requirements of section 343 of this title (except paragraphs
(a)and (f)) if it complies with the requirements of subsection
(b)of this section.
(e)Color content of oleomargarine For the purpose of this section colored oleomargarine or colored margarine is oleomargarine or margarine having a tint or shade containing more than one and six-tenths degrees of yellow, or of yellow and red collectively, but with an excess of yellow over red, measured in terms of Lovibond tintometer scale or its equivalent.
(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 407, as added Mar. 16, 1950, ch. 61, § 3(c), 64 Stat. 20.)
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  • June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 407
  • Mar. 16, 1950, ch. 61, § 3(c)
  • 64 Stat. 20
  • Act Mar. 16, 1950, ch. 61, § 7
  • 64 Stat. 22
  • Act Mar. 16, 1950, ch. 61, § 5
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§ 347
Intrastate sales of colored oleomargarine
U.S.C.×8
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ActJune 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 407
ActMar. 16, 1950, ch. 61, § 3(c)
Stat.64 Stat. 20
ActAct Mar. 16, 1950, ch. 61, § 7
Stat.64 Stat. 22
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