21 USC § 321a - “Butter” defined | Title 21 - Food and Drugs | U.S. Code

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Current through Pub. L. 112-238. (See Public Laws for the current Congress.)

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.

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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.

Source

(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 268, 42 Stat. 1500.)

References in Text

The Food and Drug Act of June 30, 1906, referred to in text, is act June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, 34 Stat. 768, which was classified to subchapter I (§ 1 et seq.) of chapter 1 of this title, was repealed (except for section 14a which was transferred to section 376 of this title) by act June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 1002(a), formerly § 902(a),52 Stat. 1059; renumbered § 1002(a),Pub. L. 111–31, div. A, title I, § 101(b)(2),June 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1784, and is covered by this chapter.

Codification

Section, which was not enacted as part of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which comprises this chapter, was formerly classified to section 6 of this title. Section 1002(a) of act June 25, 1938, set out as an Effective Date note under section 301 of this title, provided that this section should remain in force and effect and be applicable to the provisions of this chapter.

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21 CFR - Food and Drugs

21 CFR 3 - PRODUCT JURISDICTION

21 CFR 5 - ORGANIZATION

21 CFR 7 - ENFORCEMENT POLICY

21 CFR 10 - ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES

21 CFR 11 - ELECTRONIC RECORDS; ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES

21 CFR 12 - FORMAL EVIDENTIARY PUBLIC HEARING

21 CFR 13 - PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE A PUBLIC BOARD OF INQUIRY

21 CFR 14 - PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE A PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE

21 CFR 15 - PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE COMMISSIONER

21 CFR 16 - REGULATORY HEARING BEFORE THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

21 CFR 20 - PUBLIC INFORMATION

21 CFR 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT CONSIDERATIONS

21 CFR 201 - LABELING

21 USC § 321a - “Butter” defined

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