Did you know about his Wisconsin law?
Should Wisconsin keep pressing businesses to avoid margarine, or is it time to finally say goodbye to its buttery agenda?
A quirky Wisconsin law intended to protect the state's dairy industry by making it illegal for restaurants to serve margarine as a replacement for butter is being targeted for repeal. The 44-year-old law is celebrated by some as a colorful part of the Dairy State's past. But the law has a loophole: Restaurants can abide by it simply by serving both butter and margarine.
The battle over margarine's place in the country was seriously debated after its invention in 1870. The agricultural community, led by Wisconsin's strong dairy interests, saw the artificially produced margarine as a threat.
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