NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2290.
(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 Agricul- 
ture, filed in the. District Court of the United States for said district 
an information against John Michael, Ferrin, 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 quantity 
of milk which was adulterated.    The product bore no label.
Bacteriological examination of a sample of the product made by 
the Bureau of Chemistry of this Department showed the following 
results: 14,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar, after 2 days at 37° C.; 
11,000.000 bacteria per cc, litmus lactose agar, after 2 days at 37° C. ; 
6,000,000 acid organisms; 1,000,000 B. coli group; 100,000 strepto- 
cocci. Chemical analysis of a sample of said product by the Bureau 
of Chemistry showed the following results: Specific gravity at 15.5° 
C, 1.0307; fat by Babcock, 2.8 per cent; solids calculated from fat 
and specific gravity, 11.19 per cent; solids not fat, 8.39 per cent; 
formaldehyde, negative.
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, and further in that a valuable 
constituent, to wit, the fatty constituent of the milk, had been in part ab- 
stracted therefrom. (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. HATS,
Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 31, 1913.
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