(N. J. 81.)
ADULTERATION OF MILK.
(WATER.)
In accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the Food and 
Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, and of regulation 6 of the rules and 
regulations for the enforcement of the act, notice is given that on 
April 6, 1909, in the district court of the United States for the eastern 
district of Kentucky, in a prosecution by the United States against 
Henry Groger for violation of section 2 of the aforesaid act in the 
shipment and delivery for shipment from Kentucky to Ohio of 
adulterated milk, that is to say, milk containing an excess of water, 
the defendant having entered a plea of guilty, the court imposed 
upon him a fine of $15 and costs.
The facts in the case were as follows:
On September 2, 1908, an inspector of the Department of Agri- 
culture obtained samples from a consignment of milk shipped by 
Henry Groger from Richwood, Ky., to Cincinnati, Ohio. One of 
the samples was forthwith analyzed in the Bureau of Chemistry of 
the United States Department of Agriculture, and the following 
results obtained and stated:
Specific gravity 
1. 0208
Total solids  (per cent) 
10.24
Fat (percent) 
4.2
Nonfatty solids  (per cent) 
6.04
In the opinion of the Department of Agriculture, milk is the fresh, 
clean, lacteal secretion obtained by the complete milking of one or 
more healthy cows, properly fed and kept, excluding that obtained 
within fifteen days before and ten days after calving, and contains 
not less than eight and one-half (8.5) per cent of solids not fat, and 
not less than three and one-quarter (3.25) per cent of milk fat.
It was apparent that the milk was adulterated in violation of sec- 
tion 7 of the act in that it contained an excessive amount of water, 
thereby reducing its quality and strength. The Secretary of Agri- 
culture, on October 22, 1908, accorded the shipper an opportunity to 
show any fault or error in the findings of the analyst, and he having 
failed to do so, the facts were reported to the Attorney-General on 
January 28, 1909, and the case referred to the United States attorney 
for the eastern district of Kentucky, who filed an information against 
said defendant, with the result hereinbefore stated.
F. L. DUNLAP, 
GEO. P. MCCABE,
. 
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Board of Food and Drug Inspection.
Approved:
JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 16,1909.