F.'&D.Nos. 3855, 3856.
I. S. Nos. 4534-d, 4535-d, 3654-d.	
Issued March 8,1913.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2043.
(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 Theodore B. Dorsey, Dorsey, 111., alleg??
ing shipment by him, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on?
July 11 and July 19, 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 and analysis of samples of the prod??
uct by the Bureau of Chemistry of this Department showed the?
following results: (Sample No. 1) 4,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain?
agar, after 2 days at 37? C; 6,000,000 bacteria per cc, litmus lactose?
agar, after 2 days at 37? C; all alkaline; 10,000 B. coli group;?
10,000 streptococci. (Sample No. 2) 4,000,000 bacteria per cc,?
plain agar, after 2 days at 37? C; 12,000,000 bacteria per cc, litmus?
lactose agar, after 2 days at 37? C; 100 per cent acid; 100,000 B.?
coli group; 100,000 streptococci. (Sample No. 3) 6,000,000 bacteria?
per cc, plain agar, after 2 days at 37? C; 1,000,000 B. coli group;?
10,000 streptococci. Adulteration was alleged in the information?
for the reason that the product was composed in partr 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. HAYS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D.C, November 29, 1912.
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