F. & D. No. 3650.
I. S. No. 9601-d.	
Issued February 9, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1932.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF MILK.
On June 29, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Eastern?
District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agricul??
ture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district?
an information against the Pevely Dairy Co., a coporation, Albers,?
111., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act, on July 17, 1911, from the State of Illinois into the State?
of Missouri of a quantity of milk which was adulterated. The?
product bore no label.
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry?
of this Department showed the following results: 4,000,000 bacteria?
per cc, plain agar, after 2 days at 37? C; 4,000,000 bacteria per cc,?
litmus lactose agar after 2 days at 37? C, 100 per cent acid; 100,000 B.?
coli group; 100,000 streptococci. Adulteration was alleged in the?
information for the reason that the product consisted in part of a?
filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance, to wit, bacteria.
On September 3, 1912, the defendant company entered a plea of?
guilty to the information and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
W. M. HAYS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, November 12, 1912.
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