OLEOMARGARINE, ADULTERATED BUTTER, ETC. 329
same. All process or renovated butter and the packages Marking of
containing the same shall be marked with the words
“ Renovated Butter ? or “Process Butter” and by such
sther marks, labels, or brands and in such manner as may
be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, and no
process or renovated butter shall be shipped or trans-
ported from its place of manufacture into any other
State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or to any
foreign country, until it has been marked as provided in
‘his section. The Secretary of Agriculture shall make all
needful regulations for carrying this section into effect,
and shall cause to be ascertained and reported from time
to time the quantity and quality of process or renovated
butter manufactured, and the character and the condition
of the material from which it is made. And he shall also
have power to ascertain whether or not materials used in
the manufacture of sald process or renovated butter are
leleterious to health or unwholesome in the finished prod-
act, and in case such deleterious or unwholesome materials
are found to be used in product intended for exportation
or shipment into other States or in course of exportation
or shipment he shall have power to confiscate the same.
Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the pro-
visions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a
ine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hun-
Ired dollars or by imprisonment not less than one month
nor more than six months, or by both said punishments,
in the discretion of the court.
Penalty.
Removal of marks, brands, stamps, and caution labels a
crime. (United States v. Green. 137 Fed., 179: T. D. 980,
I. D. 578.)
The Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906 (34 Stat., 768).
The Secretary of Agriculture is charged with the enforce-
ment of this act.
Nore.—No provision is made in the act of May 9, 1902,
for the exportation, free of tax, of renovated butter nor for
drawback of tax on such articles when exported. Conse-
quently, all renovated butter for export must be stamped
and marked the same as for the domestic market.
(Act April 23. 1904. making appropriation for Department of Agri-
1nlture.
* * * That the Secretary of Agriculture may construe
the provisions of the act of March third, eighteen hundred
and ninety-one, as amended March second, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-five, for the inspection of live cattle and
products thereof. to include dairy products intended for
exportation to any foreign country and may apply. under
rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, the pro-
visions of said act for inspection and certification appro-
priate for ascertaining the purity and quality of such prod-
ucts and may cause the same to be so marked, stamped, or
labeled as to secure their identity and make known in
markets of foreign countries to which they may be sent
from the United States their purity, quality, and grade;
and all the provicions of said act relatine to live cattle