NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2269.
(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 dis- 
trict an information against Gerhart Sprehe, Hoffman, 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.
Analysis of samples of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry 
of this Department showed the following results: (Sample No. 1) 
Specific gravity at 15.5° C, 1.0305; fat by Babcock, 2.2 per cent; 
solids, calculated from fat and specific gravity, 10.42 per cent; solids 
not fat, 8.22 per cent; refruition of serum at 20° C, 40.3; nitrates 
in serum, negative. (Sample No. 2) Specific gravity at 15.5° C., 
1.0306; fat by Babcock, 2.8 per cent; solids calculated from fat and 
specific gravity, 11.16 per cent; solids not fat, 8.36 per cent; refrac- 
tion of serum at 20° C, 40.8; nitrates in serum, negative. Bacterio- 
logical examination of sample No. 3 showed the following results 
25,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar, after 2 days at 37° C. 
22,000,000 bacteria per cc, litmus lactose agar, after 2 days at 37° C. 
20,000,000 acid organisms; 100,000 B. coli group; 1,000,000 strepto- 
cocci. 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 decomposition of animal sub- 
stances can be clearly demonstrated by the abundance and character 
of bacteria.) The product was further adulterated by having a 
valuable constituent, the fatty constituent of the milk, in part 
abstracted therefrom.
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 £9,1913.
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