F. & D. 55-C.	
Issued May 26, 1910.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE  OF  THE  SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 308, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION  OF  CREAM.
On or about March 9, 1910, Samuel C. Harley, of Manassas, Va.,?
sold and delivered at the Union Station, Washington, D. C, a quan??
tity of cream. Dr. William C. Woodward, health officer of the?
District of Columbia, acting by virtue of the authority of the Secre??
tary of Agriculture, caused a sample from the above delivery to be?
procured and analyzed. As the findings of the analyst and the re??
port made indicated that the cream was adulterated within the?
meaning of the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, said Samuel C.?
Harley was afforded an opportunity for hearing, and as it appeared?
after hearing held that this sale was in violation of the said act,?
the said health officer reported the facts to the United States attorney?
for the District of Columbia.
In due course a criminal information against the said Samuel C.?
Harley was filed in the Police Court of the District of Columbia,?
charging that the said cream was adulterated in that a valuable con??
stituent, to-wit, milk fat, had been abstracted. On March 25, 1910,?
the defendant entered a plea of guilty and the court imposed upon?
him a fine of $10.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30,1906.
JAMES WILSON,?
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 26,1910.
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