NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 3371.
(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 Dis- 
trict of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district an 
information against Henry Knolhoff, Hoffman, Ill., alleging ship- 
ment 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 quan- 
tity of milk which was adulterated.    The product bore no label.
Bacteriological examinations of samples of the product by the 
Bureau of Chemistry of this Department showed the following re- 
sults: (Sample No. 1) 6,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar, after 2 
days at 37° C.; 7,000,000 bacteria per cc, litmus lactose agar, after 2 
days at 37° C, all alkaline; 10,000 B. coli group; 1,000 streptococci. 
(Sample No. 2) 20,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar, after 2 days at 
37° C.; 19,000,000 bacteria per cc, litmus lactose agar, after 2 days at 
37° C; 17,000,000 acid organisms; 100,000 B coli group; 100,000 strep- 
tococci. 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.)
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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