F. & D. No. 4081.
I. S. No. 12363-d.	
Issued March 8, 1913.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2007.
(direst pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drags Act.)
ADULTERATION OF MILK.
On July 15, 1912, the United States Attorney for the District of?
Connecticut, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,?
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district an?
information against J. E. Thompson, North Stonington, Conn.,?
alleging shipment by him, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act,?
on or about September 8, 1911, from the State of Connecticut into?
the State of Rhode Island of a quantity of milk which was adulter??
ated.
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry?
of this Department showed the following results: This product con??
tained 4,000,000 organisms per cubic centimeter developing on plain?
agar at 37? C. after 2 days' incubation; 6,000,000 organisms per cubic?
centimeter developing on litmus lactose agar at 25? C. after 2 days'?
incubation, 1,000,000 of which were of the acid type; 1,000,000 gas-?
producing organisms per cubic centimeter in bile fermentation tubes ;?
100,000 streptococci per cubic centimeter. Adulteration of the prod??
uct was alleged in the information for the reason that it consisted in?
part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal or vegetable sub??
stance.
On July 23, 1912, the defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere?
and the court imposed a fine of $40.
W. M. HATS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, November ??, 19W,
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