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Joshua Skurnik (SCUR-nic) has more from Jefferson City.
Springfield Democratic representative Sarah Lampe's bill would take away a 19th century law which restricts the sale and manufacturing of immitation butter.
Lampe says pressure from "Big Butter" prompted the law when Missouri tried to be a dairy oriented state.
She says she sees the same types of laws made today.
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Lampe says laws should mirror the times whether they're enforced or not.
Reporting from the state capital, I'm Joshua Skurnik
Joshua Skurnik (SCUR-nic) has more from Jefferson City.
Springfield Democratic representative Sarah Lampe is attempting to get rid of a law from the 1890s which restricts the sale and manufacturing of non-dairy butter substitutes.
Lampe says according to the law most stores carry products which would earn them up to one year in jail.
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| Description: It can't use the word butter in the title, so I Can't Believe It's Not Butter is illegal, and its also illegal because its yellow. |
Lampe says pressure from "Big butter" prompted the law when Missouri tried to become a dairy oriented state.
Lampe says government should be a reflection of the times whether a law is enforced or not.
Reporting from the state capital, I'm Joshua Skurnik