F. & D. No. 115-c.	
Issued May 18, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1425.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF CREAM.
On December 13, 1911, John P. Ray, jr., of Oakdale, Md., sold?
and delivered at the Union Station, Washington, D. C, a quantity?
of cream. Dr. Wm. C. Woodward, Health Officer of. the District of?
Columbia, acting under authority of the Secretary of Agriculture,?
caused a sample from the above delivery to be procured and analyzed.?
As it appeared from the findings of the analyst and report made that?
the said cream was adulterated within the meaning of the Food and?
Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, the said John P. Ray, jr., was afforded?
an opportunity for hearing, and as it appeared after the hearing was?
held that the said sale was made in violation of the 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 John P.?
Ray, jr., was filed in the Police Court of the District of Columbia,?
charging that the cream was adulterated, in that it consisted in?
whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal or?
vegetable substance.
On January 22, 1912, the defendant entered a plea of guilty and?
the court imposed a fine of $10.
JAMES WILSON,?
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, February ?8, 1912.
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