5006.  Adulteration  of  milk,     t ?  S.     *      *      *     ??.  Arthur   P.  Stap.     Plea   of?
guilty.    Fine, flO,     (P. & D. No. 31o-c.)
On August 18, 1916, 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 Arthur P. Stup, Derwood, Md? alleging shipment by said?
defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on July 11, 1918, from the?
State or Maryland into the District of Columbia, of a quantity of milk which was?
adulterated.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
a certain substance?to wit. water?had been mixed and packed with said article?
so as to reduce and lowtv and injuriously affect its quality and strength.
On August 18, 1916, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information,?
and the court imposed a fine of $10.
CARL TEOOMAX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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