5102.  Adultex-atiom of milk:.     U. S.     *     *     *     v. John A. Webster.     Plea of
guilty.    Fine, $25.     (F. & D. No. 7354.    I. S. No. 28042-k )
On June 27, 1916, the United States attorney for the district of Connecticut,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the United States for said district an information ^gainst John A.. Websteu,?
Willimantic, Conn., alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act, oh or-about-May 4,-1915," from the Stat-e of' Connecticut?
into the State of Khode Island,' of ~a quantity of milk which was adulterated.
Analysis of a sample of the article, by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed the following results:
Specific gravity- at 60?/W 'F?
    1. 0306
Fat (by Babcoek)   (per cent)?
    2 60
Total solids by calculation (per cent)?
?10.77
Total solids by* wetghlB-g (percent)?
?10.82-
Refraction of serum at 20? C?
?36. 7
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that a certain substance, to wit. water,* had been mixed and packed therewith?
so as to reduce, lower* and injuriously affect its quality and strength,- and had?
been substituted in part for milk, which the article purported to be.
On December 5, 1916, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa??
tion,- and the* coart Proposed a fine-of $25."
GA?L VBOOMAST, Aeting Seeret-ary of i Agriculture,
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