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When retailed, such butter shall be exhibited conspicuously to the purchaser in the shop, and be provided with a placard visible to the purchaser, displaying the mark prescribed, and only such butter as in the presence of the purchaser is cut out of the receptacle thus marked must be wrapped in paper marked " Dansk Lurmaerkesmor " (Danish lurbranded butter), or any other indication prescribed herefor by the Minister of Agriculture, after which the butter must not be exposed for sale under the indication beforementioned or in the paper here referred to. 2. Danish Non-lurbranded Butter. . Section 13. Danish butter not produced in a dairy which, according to section 9, has been accepted for control, must not be indicated as pasteurized unless the dairy in which the butter has been produced is subject to control as regards pasteurization, according to the further stipulations of the Minister of Agriculture. 3. Icelandic, Danish West Indian, and Foreign Butter. Section 14. Icelandic, Danish West Indian, or foreign butter which, for the purpose of resale or exportation, is imported to this country shall, at its importation, bear an indication of its Icelandic, West Indian, or foreign origin according to the further stipulations of the Minister of Agriculture. In the event of the butter arriving without the, marks prescribed in the present section, the importer may relieve himself from responsibility, either by personally affecting the marking before delivery through the Custom authorities, or by making a declaration before the Custom authorities to the effect that the marking prescribed will be made at his premises before the goods are exposed for sale. Section 15. Dealers, whether wholesale or retail, and exporters of Icelandic, Danish West Indian, and foreign butter, must keep the goods within the original packing provided with the marks stipulated in section 14 (compare section 16). It shall be permissible, however, to divide the packing into two parts, provided sufficient marks be found on each part. The Minister of Agriculture may grant permission to repack the butter in other packages, subject to the further stipulations prescribed, and grant authorization for repacking the butter here referred to for exportation in hermetically sealed receptacles, one of the conditions for this being that each, particular receptacle, as well as the packing, be provided with special marks as stipulated by the Minister of Agriculture. In any shop or at any place of storage where foreign butter is kept, a distinctive notification thereof shall be exhibited there in full view of the purchaser, according to the further stipulations of the Minister of Agriculture. Wlien offering foreign butter for retail, the goods shall be exhibited in a conspicuous place in the shop, and be provided with, a placard in full view of the purchaser, with the indication " Ddenlandsk " (foreign), according to the further stipulations of the Minister of Agriculture. When, in the case of retail sale, foreign butter, Icelandic butter, or butter from the Danish West Indies is not delivered to the puchaser in the original packing, then the packing which is put directly round the butter shall be provided with the indication " Foreign," "Icelandic," or "West Indian," as the, case may be, according to the further stipulation of the Minister of Agriculture, and such butter must not subsequently be offered for resale. When exported from the country the butter shall be marked as prescribed in section 14 for importation. Section 16. Waste butter or lump butter worked together, consisting of respectively Icelandic, Danish West Indian, or foreign butter, shall, in addition to the indications mentioned in sections 1.4 and 15 — (a) When offered for sale wholesale and when exported, be provided with a conspicuous and durable indication " Skrabesmor " (butter waste) ; (b) when offered for sale retail, be exhibited, in the shop in full view of the purchaser, and be provided with a placard bearing in bold characters " Skrabesmor " (butter waste), according to the further directions of the Minister of Agriculture. Pab,t 2.—Eggs, Lard, Tallow, Honey, and Meat, Slaughter Offal, Hermetically packed Goods, Sausages, and other Comestibles prepared prom Horses, Cattle, Sheep. Goats, Swine, and Poultry, all of Foreign Origin. Section 17. Any of the aforesaid agricultural products shall, when imported from abroad, from Iceland, or from the Danish West Indian Islands, with the object of being offered for resale on importation to this . country, be provided on the packing, or, if not packed, on the article itself, with distinct marks or , indications, classifying them as being foreign, Icelandic, or West Indian ; each piece of fresh meat shall, however, on importation be marked as prescribed in addition to the marks which are found on the packing. The further stipulations concerning the marking shall be laid down by the Minister of Agriculture, in case of any of the goods, fresh meat excepted, arriving without being marked according to the stipulations laid down by the Minister of Agriculture, the receiver may relieve himself from responsibility by either personally effecting the marking before, delivery through the Custom authorities or by making a declaration before the Custom authorities to the effect that the stipulated marking will take place at his premises before the goods are offered for sale.