10431. Adulteration of milk.     U.  S.     *      *      *     v.  Charles F. Whiting et al.
(D.  Whiting  &   Son.s).     Plea   of  nolo   contendere.     Fine,   $50.      (F.
& D. No. 8566.    I. S. Nos. 303-m, 346-m, 601-m, 2232-p.)
On October 1, 1918, the United States attorney for the District of Vermont, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district an information against Charles F. Whit- 
ing, John K. Whiting, Isaac S. Whiting, and David Whiting, copartners, trading 
as D. Whiting & Sons, Ascutneyville, Vt., alleging shipment by said defendants, 
on or about July 6, July 7, and September 18, 1916, and August 14, 1917, from 
the State of Vermont into the State of Massachusetts, of quantities of milk 
which was adulterated.
Examination of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that the shipments of July 6 and 7 contained added water. 
Bacteriological examination of samples taken from each shipment showed an 
excessive number of organisms on plain agar after two days, at different tem- 
peratures.
Adulteration of the article in each of the shipments was alleged in the in- 
formation for the reason that it consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decom- 
posed, and putrid animal substance. Adulteration of the article in the ship- 
ments of July 6 and 7 was alleged for the further reason that a substance, to 
wit, water, had been mixed and packed with the article so as to lower and 
reduce and injuriously affect its quality and had been substituted in part for 
milk, which the article purported to be.
On April 20, 1922, a plea of nolo contendere to the information was entered 
on behalf of the defendants, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.