21 U.S.C. § 25
Section 25 · Oleomargarine, butterine, or imitation butter or cheese transported into a State subject to its police powers
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul (1963)
Most recently applied in Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc. v. Gerace (February 1985)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
All articles known as oleomargarine, butterine, imitation, process, renovated, or adulterated butter, or imitation cheese, or any substance in the semblance of butter or cheese not the usual product of the dairy and not made exclusively of pure and unadulterated milk or cream, transported into any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, and remaining therein for use, consumption, sale, or storage therein, shall, upon the arrival within the limits of such State or Territory or the District of Columbia, be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such State or Territory or the District of Columbia, enacted in the exercise of its police powers to the same extent and in the same manner as though such articles or substances had been produced in such State or Territory or the District of Columbia, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of being introduced therein in original packages or otherwise.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Cross References
Colored oleomargarine, intrastate sales of, see section 347 et seq. of this title.