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Definition :

Margarine. By the (English) Food and Drugs Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 31), defined as any article of food, whether mixed with butter or not, which resembles butter and is not milk-blended butter.

Every packet of margarine sold must be clearly marked as such (s. 6). Factories and wholesale premises must be registered (s. 8). A register of consignments must be kept (s. 9). See, generally, Part II. of the Act.