§ 18759 Margarine Adulteration Standards

• •Margarine with animal fat must use only clean ingredients.
• •If any raw material is dirty, rotten, or spoiled, the margarine is illegal.
• •The rule applies to any part of the ingredient, even a small amount.

A company makes margarine using butterfat, but one of the ingredients they bought was contaminated with moldy waste.

Because the margarine contains animal fat and one of its raw materials was filthy or decomposed, the product is legally adulterated and cannot be sold.