F. & D. No. 3976.
I. S. Nos. 13537-d, 13538-d, and 13539-d.	
Issued March 27, 1913.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2068.
(Siren pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF MILK.
On June 29,1912, the United States Attorney for the Southern Dis??
trict of Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,?
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district an?
information against Michael A. Wikel, Chesapeake, Ohio, alleging?
shipment by him, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on October?
25, 1911, from the State of Ohio into the State of West Virginia of a?
quantity of milk which was adulterated.    The product bore no label.
Analysis of samples of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of?
this Department showed the following results: (Sample No. 1)?
6,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar, after 4 days at 25? C; 7,000,000?
bacteria per cc, plain agar, after 4 days at 37? C.; 8,000,000 bacteria?
per cc, litmus lactose agar, after 4 days at 25? C; 3,000,000 acid?
organisms; 1,000 gas-producing organisms; 1,000 streptococci.?
Adulterated. (Sample No. 2) 20,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar,?
after 4 days at 25? C.; 16,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar, after 4?
days at 37? C.; 14,000,000 bacteria per ce, litmus lactose agar, after?
4 days at 25? C, 100 per cent acid; 1,000 B. coli group; 10,000?
streptococci. Adulterated. (Sample No. 3) 13,000,000 bacteria per?
cc, plain agar, after 4 days at 25? C.; 6,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain?
agar, after 4 days at 37? C.; 4,000,000 bacteria per cc, litmus lactose?
agar, after 4 days at 25? C.; 3,000,000 acid organisms; 100 B. coli?
group; 10,000 streptococci. Adulterated. Adulteration of the prod??
uct was alleged in the information for the reason that it consisted in?
whole or in part of a filthy and decomposed animal substance.
On July 3, 1912, defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa??
tion and was fined $25 and costs, the fine being suspended upon pay??
ment of the costs, amounting to $14.10.
W. M. HAYS,
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C., December 6,1912.
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