NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 3384.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drags Act.)
ADULTERATION OF MILK.
On June 29, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Illinois, acting upon a report b}^ the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said dis- 
trict an information against Herman Ahlers, Breese, 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 
quantity 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: 5,000,000 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, 
50 per cent acid; 100 B coli group; 1,000 streptococci. Adulteration 
of the product was alleged in the information for the reason that it 
consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal sub- 
stance, to wit, bacteria. (While it was stated in the information in 
effect that bacteria were filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal sub- 
stances, 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, defendant entered a plea of guilty to the 
information and the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
W. M. HAYS, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C., January 30, 1913.
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