NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2259.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs let.)
ADULTERATION OF MILK.
On June 29, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Eastern Dis- 
trict 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 Theodore Haar, Breese, Ill., alleging shipment 
by him, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on July 18, 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 re- 
sults : 11,000,000 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, 
all alkaline; 1,000 gas-producing organisms per cc; 100,000 strepto- 
cocci per cc. Adulteration of the product was alleged in the informa- 
tion for the reason that it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, 
and putrid.animal substance, to wit, bacteria. (While it was stated 
in the information in effect that bacteria were filthy, decomposed, 
and putrid animal substances, the Department does not consider this 
to be a fact but claims that the stage of decomposition of animal sub- 
stances can be clearly demonstrated by the abundance and character of 
bacteria.)
On November 18, 1912, the defendant entered a plea of guilty 
to the information and the court imposed a fine of $10, with costs.
W. M. HAYS,
Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 
WASHINGTON, D. C, January £8, 1913.
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