F. & D. No. 1014.
I. S. Nos. 2848-b, 2849-b, and 2850-b.	
Issued November 12, 1910.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE  OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 638, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION OF MILK.
On or about August 10, 1909, Lewis Schutte, Delaware, Ind.,?
shipped from the State of Indiana to the State of Ohio nine cans of?
milk. Samples of this product were procured and analyzed by the?
Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture, and?
as it appeared from the findings of the analyst and report made that?
the product was adulterated within the meaning of the Food and?
Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, the Secretary of Agriculture afforded?
the said Lewis Schutte and the party from whom the samples were?
procured opportunities for hearings. As it appeared after hearings?
held that the shipment was made in violation of the act, the Secre??
tary of Agriculture reported the facts to the Attorney-General, with?
a statement of the evidence upon which to base a prosecution.
On May 7,1910, an indictment was returned against the said Lewis?
Schutte by the grand jurors of the United States in and for the Dis??
trict of Indiana, at the May term of the District Court of the United?
States for the said district, charging the above shipment, and alleging?
in the case of six of said cans that a certain substance, to wit, water,?
had been mixed with the milk therein contained, so as to reduce and?
lower its quality and strength, and in that in the case of the other?
three cans, a certain substance, to wit, water, had been substituted in?
part for said milk.
On May 17, 1910, defendant entered a plea of guilty to the above?
indictment and the court imposed a fine of $10 and <;osts.
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, October 6,1910.
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