3-627. Brands for butter; labeling of dairy
products; restrictions on use
A. The associate director shall issue to each manufacturer of creamery butter
within the state, under such rules as to custody and use as the director may prescribe, a
uniform brand bearing a suitable device or motto, and the words "Arizona state brand
No._____," which shall be accorded a different number for each manufacturer and each
brand. The brand shall be used on the wrapper and on the outside of every package of
butter manufactured in the state from cream. The division shall keep a book in which
shall be registered the name, location and number of each manufacturer and the brand
assigned thereto.
B. Any dairy product sold or offered for sale shall be plainly and legibly labeled
upon the container thereof as to contents, grade or class, name of manufacturer and
whether produced within or without the state. Cheese shall bear a label on the cheese
itself or on the bandage thereof, but package cheese, when dispensed as such, may be
labeled on the package.
C. The weight or measure of any dairy product offered or exposed for sale shall be
plainly stamped on the package containing the product or on a tag attached thereto.
D. It is unlawful to use or permit the use of the brand prescribed by this section
on butter or on a package or wrapper containing butter from cream manufactured out of the
state.
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