NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 227*.
(Given pursuant to section i 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 Agricul- 
ture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district 
an information against William Rueter, 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 
quantity 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) 4,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar, after 2 
days at 37° C.; 5,000,000 bacteria per cc, litmus lactose agar, after 2 
days at 37° C; 4,000,000 acid organisms; 100,000 B. coli group; 
1,000,000 streptococci. (Sample No. 2) 19,000,000 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.; 8,000,000 acid organisms; 100,000 
B. coli group. Adulteration of the product was alleged in the in- 
formation for the reason that it consisted in part of a filthy, decom- 
posed, and putrid animal substance, to wit, bacteria. (While it 
was stated in the information in effect that bacteria were filthy, de- 
composed, and putrid animal substances, the Department does not 
consider this to be a fact but claims that the stage of decomposi- 
tion of animal substances can be clearly demonstrated by the abun- 
dance 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 29, 1913.
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