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Missouri considers decriminalizing margarine
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Edited | RBH Dec 18, 2008 04:45pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Dec 16, 2008 04:45pm |
| Description | A southwest Missouri lawmaker wants to end a state ban on yellow margarine that hasn't been enforced in years.
Rep. Sara Lampe said Tuesday she plans to file legislation repealing the state's ban on yellow-tinted imitation butter and the other restrictions imposed on the sale, possession or shipment of substitute sandwich spread that is a different hue.
Most of Missouri's butter restrictions date to 1895 and they were last amended in 1939. Although the state no longer enforces its restrictions on imitation butter, the penalties for dealers in contraband dairy product still apply: up to a month in jail and a $100 fine for first-time butter offenders and six months in jail and a $500 fine for repeat offenders.
Enforcement of the law falls to the Agriculture Department, and officials there didn't know when someone was last prosecuted under it. Case records from the late 19th and early 20th century show that Missouri courts upheld the constitutionality of the restrictions in several appeals. |
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