3488.?Adulteration of milk.   U. S. v. David T. Stup.   Plea of guilty.   Fine, S10.   (F. & D.
No. 245-c.)
On July 18, 1914, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, acting?
upon a report by the health officer of said District, authorized by the Secretary of?
Agriculture, filed in the Police Court of the District aforesaid an information against?
David T. Stup, Adamstown, Md., alleging the shipment by said defendant, in viola??
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, on June 17, 1914, from the State of Maryland into the?
District of Columbia, of a quantity of milk which was adulterated.
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the information for the reason that a?
certain substance, to wit, water, had been mixed and packed with said food so as to?
reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength.
On July 18, 1914, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information and the
court imposed a fine of $10.
D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C, October 13, 1914.