NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2291.
(GITCH 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 Ben Luebbers, 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 quantities of 
milk which was adulterated.   The product bore no label.
Bacteriological examination of samples of the product by the 
Bureau of Chemistry of this Department showed the following re- 
sults: (Sample No. 1) 13,000,000 bacteria per cc, plain agar, after 2 
days at 37° C.; 13,000,000 bacteria per cc, litmus lactose agar, after 
2 days at 37° C.; 13,000,000 acid organisms; 10,000,000 B. coli group; 
1,000,000 streptococci. (Sample No. 2) 13,000,000 bacteria per cc, 
plain agar, after 2 days at 37° C.; 3,000,000 bacteria per cc, litmus lac- 
tose agar, after 2 days at 37° C, all alkaline; 100,000 B. coli group; 
100,000 streptococci. Adulteration of the product was alleged in the 
information for the reason that it consisted in part of a filthy, decom- 
posed, and putrid animal substance, to wit, bacteria. (While it was 
stated in the information in effect that bacteria were filthy, decom- 
posed, and putrid animal substances, the Department does not con- 
sider 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 31, 1913.
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