NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2363.
(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 John Schulte, Sr., Breese, Ill., 
alleging shipment by him, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, 
on July 8, 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: 15,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar, after 2 days at 37° C.; 
10,000,000 bacteria per cc, litmus lactose agar, after 2 days at 37° C, 
75 per cent acid; 100,000 B. coli group; 10,000 streptococci. Chemical 
analysis of said sample showed the following results: Specific gravity 
.at 15.5° C, 1.0252; fat by Babcock, 3.15 per cent, 3.2 per cent; solids 
calculated from fat and specific gravity, 10.26 per cent; solids not fat, 
7.06 per cent; nitrates in serum, positive; refruition of serum at 20° 
C, 36.8; formaldehyde, negative. Adulteration of the product was 
alleged in the information 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 decom - 
position of animal substances can be clearly demonstrated by the 
abundance and character of bacteria.) The product was further 
adulterated by having substituted water in part for the said milk, 
and further by having mixed and packed therewith water so as to 
reduce, lower, and injuriously affect the quality and strength of the 
milk.
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 28,1913.
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