NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2264.
(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 Agricul- 
ture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district 
an information against Henry Roeckenhaus, Carlyle, Ill., alleging 
shipment by him, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on July 8, 
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 : 32,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar, after 2 days at 37° C.; 
15,000,000 bacteria per cc, litmus lactose agar, after 2 days at 37° C, 
all alkaline; 100,000 B. coli group; 10,000 streptococci. Analysis of 
said sample showed the following results: Specific gravity at 15.5° C, 
1.0283; fat by Babcock, 3.2 per cent; solids calculated from fat and 
specific gravity, 11.06 per cent; solids not fat, 7.86 per cent; nitrates 
in the serum, positive; refruition of serum at 20° C, 39.3; formalde- 
hyde, negative. Adulteration of the product was alleged in the infor- 
mation for the reason that it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, 
and putrid animal substance, to wit, bacteria. The product was fur- 
ther adulterated by having substituted water in part for the said 
milk, and further by having mixed and packed therewith water so as 
to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect the quality and strength of the 
milk. (While it was stated in the information in effect that bacteria 
were filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substances, the Depart- 
ment 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 £8, 1913.
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