Comments on: need help! more food and the law issues http://www.bowlinger.com/blog/2008/03/08/need-help-more-food-and-the-law-issues/ bowling, ann arbor, law school, mexican food, elk meat, due process Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:37:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: maya http://www.bowlinger.com/blog/2008/03/08/need-help-more-food-and-the-law-issues/#comment-206 maya Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:12:23 +0000 http://www.bowlinger.com/blog/2008/03/08/need-help-more-food-and-the-law-issues/#comment-206 Wow, those laws are indeed bizarre. I'll mention that to OB-S this week. I also heard from several of my classmates tonight that they've suggested articles on fair trade coffee. But this butter thing sounds way more interesting, not to mention that he'll make foods with tons of butter in them, and that would be awesome. Wow, those laws are indeed bizarre. I’ll mention that to OB-S this week. I also heard from several of my classmates tonight that they’ve suggested articles on fair trade coffee. But this butter thing sounds way more interesting, not to mention that he’ll make foods with tons of butter in them, and that would be awesome.

]]> By: the editor http://www.bowlinger.com/blog/2008/03/08/need-help-more-food-and-the-law-issues/#comment-205 the editor Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:33:08 +0000 http://www.bowlinger.com/blog/2008/03/08/need-help-more-food-and-the-law-issues/#comment-205 I have to think about it a little more, but I'd be interested in the special Wisconsin butter-related laws. I understand that restaurants there are _required_ to serve butter, and attempting to pass off margarine as butter is a violation of state law. See Wisc. Stat. §97.18(4): The serving of colored oleomargarine or margarine at a public eating place as a substitute for table butter is prohibited unless it is ordered by the customer." and (5): "The serving of oleomargarine or margarine to students, patients or inmates of any state institutions as a substitute for table butter is prohibited, except that such substitution may be ordered by the institution superintendent when necessary for the health of a specific patient or inmate, if directed by the physician in charge of the patient or inmate." USDA Dairy law is also very complicated and historical, since there are baroque milk price controls and regional schemes. I don't know too much about it, other than it's completely market-distorting and bizarre. I have to think about it a little more, but I’d be interested in the special Wisconsin butter-related laws. I understand that restaurants there are _required_ to serve butter, and attempting to pass off margarine as butter is a violation of state law. See Wisc. Stat. §97.18(4): The serving of colored oleomargarine or margarine at a public eating place as a substitute for table butter is prohibited unless it is ordered by the customer.”

and (5): “The serving of oleomargarine or margarine to students, patients or inmates of any state institutions as a substitute for table butter is prohibited, except that such substitution may be ordered by the institution superintendent when necessary for the health of a specific patient or inmate, if directed by the physician in charge of the patient or inmate.”

USDA Dairy law is also very complicated and historical, since there are baroque milk price controls and regional schemes. I don’t know too much about it, other than it’s completely market-distorting and bizarre.

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