NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2287.
(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 Mrs. Catherine Haar, Breese, Ill., alleging ship- 
ment by her, 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 : 6,000,000 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.; 
100 per cent acid; 10,000 B. coli group; 10,000 streptococci. Chem- 
ical analysis of a sample by the Bureau of Chemistry showed the fol- 
lowing results: Specific gravity at 15.5° C., 1.0284; fat by Babcock, 
3.8 per cent; solids calculated from fat and specific gravity, 11.80 
per cent; solids not fat, 8.00 per cent; refruition of serum at 20° C, 
39.7; nitrates in serum, positive; formaldehyde, negative. Adultera- 
tion of the product was alleged in the information for the reason that 
it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal sub- 
stance, to wit, bacteria, and further, in that water had been substi- 
tuted in part for milk. (While it was stated in the information in 
effect that bacteria were filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal sub- 
stances, 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 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 and costs.
W. M. HAYS, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 30,1913.
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