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Show BUTTER EXPORTATION UNDER RESTRICTIONS WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Exportation ! of butter, except to nations associated with the United States in the war against Germany, has been prohibited by the war trade board. This was disclosed tonight in a statement state-ment by the food administration requesting request-ing butter makers and dealers to abandon aban-don certain types of packages used in shipping butter to the orient, the tropics and other countries except the allies. "Makers and dealers," said the statement, state-ment, "should use only packages, like tubs and boxes, that are known to the American trade and will find ready sale in the United States. "Preservatives, flavoring matters and other materials frequently added to butter but-ter for certain export trade should not be used now, since these are not allowable allow-able in home trade nor acceptable to our associates. Butter should be put up strictly in accordance with domestic requirements re-quirements and in compliance with the provisions oP tiie food and drug law." |