NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2260.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF MILK.
On June 29, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Eastern Dis- 
trict of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district an 
information against William Knolhoff, Hoffman, Ill., alleging ship- 
ment 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 re- 
sults : 17,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar, after 2 days at 37° C.; 
29,000,000 bacteria per cc, litmus lactose agar, after 2 days at 37° C.; 
7,000,000 acid organisms. Adulteration of the product was alleged 
in the information for the reason that it consisted in part of a filthy, 
decomposed, and putrid animal substance, to wit, bacteria. (While it 
was stated in the information in effect that bacteria were filthy, de- 
composed, and putrid animal substances, the Department does not 
consider this to be a fact, but claims that the stage of decomposition 
of animal substances can be clearly demonstrated by the abundance 
and character of bacteria.)
On November 18, 1912, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the 
information and the court imposed a fine of $10, with costs.
W. M. HAYS,
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 28, 1913.
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