NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2273.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTEEATION 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 Anton Hempen, Carlyle, 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 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) 1,700,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar, after 2 
days at 37° C.; 8,000,000 bacteria per cc, litmus lactose agar, after 
2 days at 37° C.; 7,000,000 acid organisms; 100,000 gas-producing 
organisms. (Sample No. 2) 1,600,000 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, 100 per cent acid; 1,000,000 gas-producing 
organisms. 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 
substances can be clearly demonstrated by the abundance and char- 
acter 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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