6765.  Adulteration of milk.    V. S.    *     *     *     "*". Herman Poenling and Ben??
jamin Poehling (Herman Poehling).    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $50 and
costs.     (F. & D. No. 9142.    I. S. No. 10068-p.)
On November 13, 1918, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against Her??
man Poehling and Benjamin Poehling, copartners, trading as Herman Poeh-?
ling, Aviston, 111., alleging shipment by said defendants, in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act, on or about September 11, 1917, from the State of Illinois?
into the State of Missouri, of a quantity of milk which was adulterated.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed the following results :
Specific gravity, 60? F?
?25.7
Fat (percent)?
    3.8
Solids not fat (per cent)?
    7.14
Total solids calculated (per cent)?
?10.94
Total solids by drying (per cent)?
?10.95
Immersion refractometer reading at 20? C?
?37. 0
Nitrates: Positive.
These results show the milk to contain added water.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that a substance, to wit, water, had been mixed and packed therewith so as?
to lower, reduce, and injuriously affect its quality, and had been substituted in?
part for milk, which the article purported to be.
On December 10, 1918, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the informa??
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
J. R. RIGGS, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.