NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2154.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of tie Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF MILK.
On June 29, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said 
district an information against Bernard Grawe, Bartelso, Ill. alleging 
shipment by him, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on July 17, 
1911, from the State of Illinois into the State of Missouri of a quan- 
tity of milk which was adulterated.    The product bore no label.
Bacteriological examination of a sample of the product by the 
Bureau of Chemistry of this Department showed the following 
results: 2,300,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar, after 2 days at 37° C; 
10,000,000 bacteria per cc, litmus lactose agar, after 2 days at 37° C; 
100 per cent acid; 100,000 B. coli group; 10,000 streptococci. 
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the information for the 
reason that it consisted hi part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid 
animal substance, to wit, bacteria.
On November 19, 1912, defendant entered a plea of guilty to the 
information and the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
W. M. HATS, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, December 27, 1912.
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