Can't belive it's not yellow?

[Carlawarla 1]

Quebec set to allow yellow margarineProvince ready to soften ban on butter-coloured margarine

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 | 5:11 PM ET Comments41Recommend18CBC News

Yellow margarine may soon be allowed in Quebec grocery stores after the province's cabinet quietly agreed to change a 21-year old law that forbids any coloured form of the oily spread to be sold in La Belle Province.

In late June, the Quebec Cabinet agreed to repeal a provincial law that prevented margarine makers in the province from adding yellow colour to their product.

The decision could open the door for margarine producers to tint their products yellow, a longstanding practice in most parts of the world and in the rest of Canada.

Quebec's law was meant to protect butter producers in the market who felt threatened in the 1970s by the rise of margarine's popularity.

But the federation of Quebec dairy farmers said the law is not needed anymore because margarine's popularity has dropped in recent years.

At the same time, butter has regained popularity with consumers, the federation said.

The law could be repealed as early as the end of summer.

[Krikit 1,164]

I remember when I used to use margarine..... in NB we would always buy the Quebec margarine because it most resembled butter. But you couldn't get it in Ontario so every once in a while people would take orders for Quebec margarine. They'd be like "Anyone like to go in on an order of margarine? It's Quebec margarine!" because that was the incentive. Again, because it wasn't that horrible bright yellow. Nowadays they don't have that problem anymore, but gosh, it was ghastly.

I only use butter now, though.

[LadyJane 1]

I wonder if they'll soon allow butter-colored butter next?

Ahhhh Quebec!

[Necrotica 0]

I remember when Réjean told me about this law. I almost died laughing. I bet he'll laugh when he hears about this; I've been kind of teasing him about it every now and then when we go grocery shopping.