NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2566.
(Given pregnant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
V. S. v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Co.    Flea of guilty.     Fine, $25 and costs.
ADULTERATION OF MILK AND CREAM.
On March 17, 1913, the United States Attorney for the Middle 
District of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said 
district an information against the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co., a 
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, 
alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act, on or about September 20, 1911, from the State of Penn- 
sylvania into the State of New Jersey, of quantities of milk and 
cream which were adulterated. The milk was labeled: " Gramana 
Standard Milk. L. V. H. F. PT. Gramana Standard Milk. Reg- 
istered H. B. Richards, Easton, Pa. Butter Fat 4 P. C. Total Solids 
12^ to 13 P. C." The cream was not labeled but was sold on the 
dining car of said defendant company as cream.
Bacteriological examination of samples of the product by the 
Bureau of Chemistry of this Department showed the following 
results: (Cream sample No. 1) 22,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar, 
after 4 days at 25° C.; 15,000,000 bacteria per cc, litmus lactose 
agar, after 4 days at 25° C.; 15,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar, 
after 4 days at 37° C.; 7,000,000 acid organisms; 100,000 gas-produc- 
ing organisms. (Cream sample No. 2) 50,000,000 bacteria per cc, 
plain agar, after 4 days at 25° C.; 45,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain 
agar, after 4 days at 37° C.; 50,000,000 bacteria per cc, litmus lac- 
tose agar, after 4 days at 25° C; 12,000,000 acid organisms; 1,000,000 
gas-producing organisms.    (Milk sample) 7,000,000 bacteria per cc,
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plain agar, after 4 days at 25° C.; 1,800,000 bacteria per cc, plain 
agar, after 4 days at 37° C.; 7,000,000 bacteria per cc, litmus lactose 
agar, after 4 days at 25° C., all alkaline; 1,000 gas-producing 
organisms.
Adulteration of the products was alleged in the information for 
the reason that they contained excessive numbers of objectionable and 
unhealthy bacteria, and consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, 
decomposed, and putrid animal and vegetable substance, deleterious 
to health.
On March 17,1913, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty 
to the information and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
B. T. GALLOWAY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 9,1913,
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