NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 3383.
(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 Clem Mane, of Breese, Ill., alleging ship- 
ment 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 re- 
sults: 16,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar, after 2 days at 37° C.; 
10,000 B. coli group; 10,000 streptococci. Chemical analysis of the 
product, made by the Bureau of Chemistry, showed the following- 
results: Specific gravity at 15.5° C, 1.0275; fat by Babcock, 4.2 per 
cent; solids calculated from fat and specific gravity, 12.06 per cent; 
solids not fat, 7.86 per cent; refruition of serum at 20° C, 38.8; 
nitrates in serum, positive; formaldehyde, negative. Adulteration of 
the product was alleged in the information for the reason that it con- 
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance, 
to wit, bacteria, and further, in that water had been substituted in 
part for milk. (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 demon- 
strated by the abundance and character of bacteria.)
On November 18, 1912, defendant entered a plea of guilty to the 
information and the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
W. M. HAYS, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 30, 1913.
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