Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 621 § 621.435 — Substitute or imitation dairy products; use of words or pictures indicating
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 621 ·
Oregon Code § 621.435·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Substitute or imitation dairy products; use of words or pictures indicating
product to be genuine; exception.
(1) A person engaged in manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, advertising
or otherwise dealing in any product used or intended for use as a substitute
for or imitation of a dairy product or fluid milk shall not use a trade or
corporate name or product name, description, label, package, container,
advertising matter or sales literature employing the terms milk, butter, cream,
creamery, churn, cheese, cow or dairy except in connection with
imitation milk products.
(2) A person
described in subsection (1) of this section shall not use any pictorial or
other representations resembling a dairy product or fluid milk in or on the
labels, packages, containers, advertising matter or literature of a substitute
or imitation product described in subsection (1) of this section in a manner
suggesting that the product is made of milk.
(3) This section
does not forbid a true statement concerning the ingredients or composition of a
product if the statement is not misleading or in any way deceptive.
(4) Subsections
(1) and (2) of this section do not apply to products manufactured in this state
for the purpose of shipping out of the state and not offered for sale in this
state. [Amended by 1963 c.165 §7; 1999 c.197 §53]
Plain English Explanation
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 621.435
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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