F. & D. No. 4079.
I. S. No. 3131-d.	
Issued March 8, 1913.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2005.
(Often pursuant to sestlon 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF MILK.
Oji July 15, 1912, the United States Attorney for the District of?
Connecticut, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,?
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district an?
information against Earl Bennett, Norwich, Conn., alleging shipment?
by him, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about Sep??
tember 8,1911, from the State of Connecticut into the State of Rhode?
Island 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: This product?
contained 2,100,000 organisms per cubic centimeter developing on?
plain agar at 37p C. after 2 days' incubation; 4,000,000 organisms per?
cubic centimeter developing on litmus lactose agar at 25? C. after?
2 days' incubation, 2,00,0,000 of which were of the acid type; 100,000?
gas-producing organisms per cubic centimeter in bile fermentation?
tubes; 10,000 streptococci per cubic centimeter.. Adulteration of the?
product was alleged in the information for the reason that it con??
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal or vegetable?
substance.
On July 23, 1912, the defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere?
and the court imposed a fine of $40.
W. M. HAYS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, November 22,1912.
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