F. & D. No. 125-c.	
Issued September 27, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1658.
(Given pursuant to section i of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF MILK.
On March 26 and 27, 1912, Curtis W. Thomas, of Adamstown, Md.,?
sold and delivered at the Union Station, Washington, D. C, a quan??
tity of milk. The Health Officer of the District of Columbia, acting?
under authority of the Secretary of Agriculture, caused a sample?
from the above delivery to be procured and analyzed. As the find??
ings of the analyst and report made indicated that the milk was adul??
terated within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act, the-said?
Curtis W. Thomas was afforded an opportunity to present to the?
Health Office evidence showing any fault or error in the findings of?
the analyst or examiner, but he failed to avail himself of the oppor??
tunity and the facts were reported to the United States Attorney for?
the District of Columbia.
On April 17, 1912, information was filed against the said Curtis?
W. Thomas in the Police Court of the District of Columbia, charging?
that the milk sold on March 26 was adulterated in that it had been?
mixed and packed with a substance, to wit, water, which reduced and?
lowered its quality, and charging that the milk sold on March 27 was?
adulterated for the reason that a certain valuable constituent of the?
product, to wit, butter fat, had been abstracted in part therefrom, and?
it was further adulterated in that a certain substance, to wit, water,?
had been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce and lower its?
quality. On the same day the defendant appeared in court and?
entered a plea of guilty and a fine of $25 was imposed.
W. M. HAYS,
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 15, 1912.
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