US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  37
                             FOOD, DRUGS, AND OIL
                                  CHAPTER 3
                          DAIRIES AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
    37-332.  BUTTER AND WHEY BUTTER -- DEFINITIONS AND QUALITIES. Butter is
the product made by gathering the fat of fresh or ripened milk or cream into a
mass, which also contains a small portion of other milk constituents, with or
without salt or a harmless coloring matter. Butter shall be clean and
non-rancid and shall contain not less than eighty per cent (80%) of butter
fat. Whey butter or whey cream butter is the food product made by gathering
the fat of fresh or ripened whey cream separated from cheese whey and formed
into a mass, which also contains a small portion of other milk constituents,
with or without salt or a harmless coloring matter. Whey butter shall be clean
and non-rancid and shall contain not less than eighty per cent (80%) butter
fat. The term butter includes whey butter and whey cream butter.