§ 21a-14 — (Formerly Sec. 19-172). Oleomargarine.

Any article resembling butter and not made wholly from milk or any product of milk, salt and coloring excepted, shall be oleomargarine or margarine within the meaning of this chapter. The term “oleomargarine” and the term “margarine” shall include butterine and any article made or compounded in imitation of butter or as a substitute for butter and not made exclusively from milk or any product thereof, salt and coloring excepted, and any article labeled or branded as oleomargarine or margarine. The term “butter”, “dairy” or “creamery” or the name or term of any breed of cattle or any combination of any such names or terms or any symbol thereof or picture of dairy scenes shall not be used in whole or in part upon or to form the name of any oleomargarine or margarine, or upon any box, tub or package containing oleomargarine or margarine, or in any advertising of oleomargarine or margarine.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 3885; 1949, 1951, S. 2071d.) History: Sec. 19-172 transferred to Sec. 21a-14 in 1983.