F. & D. No. 3853.
I. S. No. 3664-d.	
Issued March 8,1913.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2042.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF MILK.
On July 17, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Southern?
District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agri??
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said dis??
trict an information against Edward H. Fischer, Dorsey, 111., alleging?
shipment by him, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on July 11,?
1911, from the State of Illinois into the State of Missouri, of a quantity?
of milk which was adulterated.    The product bore no label.
Bacteriological examination of a sample of the product by the?
Bureau of Chemistry of this Department showed the following results:?
60,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar, after 2 days at 37? C.; 10,000,000?
B. coli group; 1,000,000 streptococci. Adulteration was alleged in?
the information for the reason that the product was composed in part?
of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
On July 17, 1912, the defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere?
to the information and the court imposed sentence to be satisfied on?
payment of $37.50.
W. M. HATS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, November 29, 1912.
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