7758. Adulteration of milk. IT. S. * * * v. Home Dairy Co., a Corpora- 
tion. Plea of nolo contendere to count 1 of the indictment. Fine, 
$100  and   costs.     Remaining  counts   of  indictment   dismissed.      (F.   &
D. No. 10401.    I. S. No. 9340-p.)
On October 9, 1919, the grand jurors of the United States of America within 
and for the Eastern District of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary 
of Agriculture, upon presentment by the United States attorney for said dis- 
trict, returned an indictment in 4 counts in the District Court of the United 
States for the district aforesaid against the Home Dairy Co., a corporation, 
St. Louis, Mo., charging shipment by said company in the first count of said 
indictment, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on 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 
department showed that the product contained added water, and was dirty 
by the sediment test.
Adulteration of the article was charged in the first count of the indictment 
for the reason that a certain substance, to wit, added water, had been mixed 
and packed therewith so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its 
quality and strength, and for the further reason that a certain substance, to 
wit, water, had been substituted in part for milk, which the article purported 
to be, and for the further reason that the article consisted in whole or in part 
of a filthy animal substance.
On May 22, 1920, a plea of nolo contendere to the first count of the indict- 
ment was entered on behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a 
fine of $100 and costs.   The remaining counts of the indictment were dismissed.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.