T. & IX No. 53-c.	
Issued May 20, 1910.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE  OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 285, POOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION OF CREAM.
On or about December 16, 1909, Stephen A. Thomas, of Adams-?
town, Md., sold and delivered at the Union Station, Washington,?
D. C, a quantity of cream. Dr. William C. Woodward, health officer?
of the District of Columbia, acting by authority of the Secretary of?
Agriculture, caused a sample from the above delivery to be procured?
and analyzed. As the findings of the analyst and report thereon?
indicated that the cream was adulterated within the meaning of the?
Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, the said Stephen A. Thomas?
was given an opportunity for hearing, and as it appeared after hearing?
held that the sale was made in violation of the said act, the said?
health officer reported the facts to the United States Attorney for?
the District of Columbia. In due course a criminal information was?
filed in the Police Court of the District of Columbia against the said?
Stephen A. Thomas, charging that the said cream was adulterated,?
in that a valuable constituent, butter fat, had been abstracted?
therefrom.
On March 19, 1910, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to this?
information and the court imposed upon him a fine of $10.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30, 1906.
JAMES WILSON,?
Secretary of Agriculture
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 1 J,., 1910.
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