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(2) STAMPING.-The manufacturer shall affix to every package containing 100, 200, 500, 1,000, or 1,500 matches an adhesive stamp of the required value and shall place thereon the initials of his name and the date on which such stamp is affixed, so that the same may not again be used.

(3) FACTORY NUMBER.-Every manufacturer of matches shall mark, brand, affix, stamp, or print, in such manner as the Secretary or his delegate shall prescribe, on every package of white phosphorus matches manufactured, sold, or removed by him, the factory number required under subsection (b).

(4) LABEL.-Every manufacturer of white phosphorus matches shall securely affix by pasting on each original package containing stamped packages of white phosphorus matches manufactured by him a label, on which shall be printed, besides the number of the manufactory and the district in which it is situated, these words: "NOTICE. The manufacturer of the white phosphorus matches herein contained has complied with all the requirements of law. Every person is cautioned not to use again the stamps on the packages herein contained under the penalty provided by law in such

cases."

(b) FACTORY NUMBER AND SIGNS.-Every manufacturer of white phosphorus matches shall put up such signs and affix such number to his factory as the Secretary or his delegate may by regulation require.

(c) BONDS.-Every manufacturer of white phosphorus matches shall file with the official in charge of the internal revenue district in which his manufactory is located such bonds as the Secretary or his delegate may by regulation require. The bond required of such manufacturer shall be in the penal sum of not less than $1,000; and the sum of said bond may be increased from time to time and additional sureties required at the discretion of the Secretary or his delegate.

(d) REGISTRATION.-Every manufacturer of white phosphorus matches shall register with the official in charge of the internal revenue district his name or style, place of manufactory, and the place where such business is to be carried on.

SEC. 4805. IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION.

(a) IMPORTATION.-White phosphorus matches, manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country, shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States, and the importation thereof is prohibited. All matches imported into the United States shall be accompanied by such certificate of official inspection by the government of the country in which such matches were manufactured as shall satisfy the Secretary or his delegate that they are not white phosphorus matches.

(b) EXPORTATION.-It shall be unlawful to export from the United States any white phosphorus matches.

SEC. 4806. CROSS REFERENCES.

For penalties and other general and administrative provisions applicable to this subchapter, see subtitle F.

Subchapter C-Adulterated Butter and Filled Cheese

Part I. Adulterated and process or renovated butter.

Part II Filled cheese.

PART I-ADULTERATED AND PROCESS OR RENOVATED BUTTER

Subpart A. Tax on products.

Subpart B. Occupational tax.

Subpart C. Definitions.

Subpart A-Tax on Products

Sec. 4811. Imposition of tax.

Sec. 4812. Importation of adulterated butter.
Sec 4813. Stamps

Sec. 4814. Requirements applicable to manufacturers.
Sec. 4815. Requirements applicable to dealers.

Sec. 4816. Exportation of adulterated butter.

Sec. 4817. Inspection of process or renovated butter.

Sec. 4818. Administrative decisions relating to adulterated butter.
Sec. 4819. Cross references.

SEC. 4811. IMPOSITION OF TAX.

(a) RATE.

(1) ADULTERATED BUTTER.-There shall be imposed upon adulterated butter, when manufactured or sold or removed for consumption or use, a tax of 10 cents per pound, and any fractional part of a pound shall be taxed as a pound.

(2) PROCESS OR RENOVATED BUTTER.-There shall be imposed upon process or renovated butter, when manufactured or sold or removed for consumption or use, a tax of one-fourth of 1 cent per pound, and any fractional part of a pound shall be taxed as a pound.

(b) BY WHOM PAID.-The tax imposed by subsection (a) shall be paid by the manufacturer.

SEC. 4812. IMPORTATION OF ADULTERATED BUTTER.

There shall be imposed upon adulterated butter imported from a foreign country, in addition to any import duty imposed on the same, an internal revenue tax of 15 cents per pound, such tax to be represented by coupon stamps as in the case of adulterated butter manufactured in the United States. The stamps shall be affixed and canceled by the owner or importer of the adulterated butter while it is in the custody of the officers or employees designated by the Secretary or his delegate; and the adulterated butter shall not pass out of the custody of said officers or employees until the stamps have been so affixed and canceled, but shall be put up in wooden packages, each containing not less than 10 pounds, as prescribed in this subpart for adulterated butter manufactured in the United States, before the stamps are affixed; and the owner or importer of such adulterated

butter shall be liable to all the penal provisions of this subpart prescribed for manufacturers of adulterated butter manufactured in the United States. Whenever it is necessary to take any adulterated butter so imported to any place other than the public stores of the United States for the purpose of affixing and canceling such stamps, the Secretary or his delegate shall designate a bonded warehouse to which it shall be taken, under the control of such officer or employee as the Secretary or his delegate may direct.

SEC. 4813. STAMPS.

(a) METHOD OF PAYMENT.—

(1) STAMPS.-The tax imposed by section 4811 shall be represented by coupon stamps.

(2) ASSESSMENT.

For assessment in case of omitted taxes, see subtitle F.

(b) EMPTIED PACKAGES.-Whenever any stamped package containing adulterated butter is emptied, it shall be the duty of the person in whose hands the same is to destroy utterly the stamps thereon. The Secretary or his delegate may destroy any emptied package of adulterated butter upon which the tax-paid stamp is found.

(c) OTHER STAMP PROVISIONS.-The provisions of law governing the engraving, issuing, sale, accountability, effacement, and destruction of stamps relating to tobacco and snuff, as far as applicable, shall apply to the stamps provided in paragraph (1) of subsection (a). SEC. 4814. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO MANUFACTURERS. (a) PACKING, STAMPING, AND SELLING REQUIREMENTS.

(1) ADULTERATED BUTTER.-All adulterated butter shall be packed by the manufacturer thereof in firkins, tubs, or other wooden, tin-plate, or paper packages not before used for that purpose, containing, or encased in a manufacturer's package made from any of such materials of, not less than ten pounds, and marked, stamped, and branded as the Secretary or his delegate shall prescribe, and all sales made by manufacturers of adulterated butter shall be in original, stamped packages. Every manufacturer of adulterated butter shall securely affix, by pasting, on each package containing adulterated butter manufactured by him a label on which shall be printed, besides the number of the manufactory and the district and State in which it is situated, these words: "Notice.The manufacturer of the adulterated butter herein contained has complied with all the requirements of law. Every person is cautioned not to use either this package again or the stamp thereon, nor to remove the contents of this package without destroying said stamp, under the penalty provided by law in such cases.' (2) PROCESS OR RENOVATED BUTTER.

For marking process or renovated butter, see section 4817.

(b) FACTORY NUMBER AND SIGNS.-Every manufacturer of process or renovated butter or adulterated butter shall put up such signs and affix such number to his factory as the Secretary or his delegate may by regulation require.

(c) BONDS.-Every manufacturer of process or renovated butter or adulterated butter shall file with the official in charge of the internal revenue district in which his manufactory is located such bonds as the

Secretary or his delegate may by regulation require. The bond required of such manufacturer shall be in a penal sum of not less than $500; and the sum of said bond may be increased from time to time and additional sureties required at the discretion of the Secretary or his delegate.

SEC. 4815. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO DEALERS.

(a) SELLING REQUIREMENTS.-Dealers in adulterated butter must sell only original or from original stamped packages, and when such original stamped packages are broken the adulterated butter sold from same shall be placed in suitable wooden, tin-plate, or paper packages, which shall be marked and branded as the Secretary or his delegate shall prescribe.

(b) BOOKS OF WHOLESALE DEALERS.-Books required by section 6001 to be kept by wholesale dealers in process, renovated, or adulterated butter shall be open at all times to the inspection of any officer or employee designated by the Secretary or his delegate.

SEC. 4816. EXPORTATION OF ADULTERATED BUTTER.

Adulterated butter may be removed from the place of manufacture for export to a foreign country without payment of tax or affixing stamps thereto, under such regulations and the filing of such bonds and other security as the Secretary or his delegate may prescribe. Every person who shall export adulterated butter shall brand upon every tub, firkin, or other package containing such article the words "Adulterated Butter", in plain Roman letters not less than one-half inch square.

SEC. 4817. INSPECTION OF PROCESS OR RENOVATED BUTTER,

For the purpose of protecting interstate and foreign commerce from process or renovated butter which is unclean, unwholesome, unhealthful, or otherwise unfit for human food

(1) INGREDIENTS.-The Secretary of Agriculture shall, through inspectors appointed by him, cause inspections to be made of all milk, butter, butter oil, and other ingredients intended for use in the manufacture of process or renovated butter. All ingredients which are found to be putrid or decomposed or which contain organic or inorganic substances which are foreign to such ingredients when properly made, manufactured, produced, collected, stored, transported, or handled, and which organic or inorganic substances cannot be removed by processing, shall be deemed unfit for use in the manufacture of process or renovated butter, shall be marked "U. S. Inspected and Condemned", and shall be denatured or destroyed under the supervision of the inspector. All other ingredients shall be marked "U. S. Inspected and Passed", and shall be deemed fit for use in the manufacture of process or renovated butter.

(2) FINISHED PRODUCT.-The Secretary of Agriculture shall cause inspections to be made of all process or renovated butter If such butter is found to be clean, wholesome, healthful, and otherwise fit for human food, it shall be marked "U. S. Inspected and Passed". Process or renovated butter that is found to be unclean, unwholesome, unhealthful, or otherwise unfit for human food shall be denatured or destroyed under the supervision of the inspector.

(3) FACTORIES.-The Secretary of Agriculture shall cause inspections to be made of all factories wherein process or renovated butter

is manufactured to determine the sanitary conditions thereof, and if it is found that the conditions existing in any such factory do not meet the standards prescribed by the Secretary in his regulations, he shall cause inspection to be withdrawn therefrom.

(4) COMPLIANCE BY MANUFACTURER.-The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to withdraw inspection from any factory wherein process or renovated butter is made, if the manufacturer shall fail to comply with any of the provisions of this section or with any of the rules and regulations prescribed hereunder.

(5) RULES AND REGULATIONS.-The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make such rules and regulations as he deems necessary for the efficient administration of the provisions of this section, and all inspections hereunder shall be made in such manner as may be prescribed in such regulations. The Secretary of Agriculture may, from time to time, by regulations define the foreign substances and the extent thereof that render the ingredients unfit for use in manufacturing process or renovated butter.

(6) STATISTICS.-The Secretary of Agriculture shall cause to be ascertained, and he shall report, from time to time, the quantity and quality of all process or renovated butter manufactured and the character and condition of the materials from which it is made.

(7) FORGERY, ETC., OF STAMPS, ETC.-No person, firm, or corporation shall forge, counterfeit, simulate, falsely represent, detach, or, knowingly alter, deface, or destroy, or use without proper authority any of the marks, stamps, labels, or tabs provided for in this section or in any regulations prescribed hereunder by the Secretary of Agriculture for use on process or renovated butter or on wrappers, packages, containers, or cases in which the product is contained, or any certificate in relation thereto.

(8) LABELS ON CONTAINERS.-All process or renovated butter and the packages or containers thereof shall be marked with the words "Process Butter" and by such other marks, labels, or brands, and in such manner, as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture.

(9) FALSE OR MISLEADING LABELS.-No statement that is false or misleading in any particular shall be placed on or affixed to any wrapper, label, carton, or container of process or renovated butter.

(10) UNAPPROVED PRODUCT IN INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN COMMERCE. No person, firm, or corporation shall transport, or offer for transportation, or sell or offer for sale, in interstate or foreign commerce, or in commerce affecting commerce among the States, any process or renovated butter that has not been inspected and passed and marked, labeled, and branded in accordance with this section and the regulations issued hereunder.

(11) ADMINISTRATION.-The administration and enforcement of the provisions of this section, other than its provisions relating to revenue, but including the seizure and denaturing or destruction of ingredients intended to be used in the manufacture of process or renovated butter and the denaturing or destruction of process or renovated butter, are committed exclusively to the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided, That any powers and duties of the Food and Drug Administration of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as

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