NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2155.
(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 Agri- 
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district 
an information against Theodore C. Albers, Germantown, Ill., 
alleging shipment by him, 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.
Bacteriological examination of a sample of the product by the 
Bureau of Chemistry of this Department showed the following 
results: 1,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar, after 2 days at 37° C; 
1,800,000 bacteria per cc, litmus lactose agar, after 2 days at 37° C; 
1,600,000 acid organisms; 1,000,000 B. coli group. Adulteration of 
the product was alleged in the information for the reason that it 
consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal sub- 
stance, to wit, bacteria.
On November 18, 1912, defendant entered a plea of guilty to the 
information and the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
W. M. HAYS, 
Acting Secretary' of Agriculture. 
WASHINGTON, D. C, December 27, 1912.
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