3032.?Adulteration of milk.   IT. S. v. James C. WlUson.   Plea of guilty.   Fine, $10 and costs.
(F. & D. No. 5019.   I. S. No. 1004-e.)
On May 27, 1913, the United States attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the?
United States for said district an information against James C. Willson, Osyka, Miss.,?
alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on?
October 18,1912, from the State of Mississippi into the State of Louisiana, of a quantity?
of milk which was adulterated.
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department?
showed the following results:
Water, by drying (per cent)?
?89. 60
Fat, by Roese-Gottlieb (per cent)?
?3.53
Protein, NX6.38 (per cent)?
?2. 60
Ash (per cent)?
?0. 96
Undetermined, by difference (per cent)?
?3.31
Total (per cent)?
?100.00
Total solids, by drying (per cent)?
?10.4
Fat in total solids (per cent)?
?33. 9
Ratio of proteins to fat?
?1:1. 36
There was a deposit of dirt about ^ to -fa inch thick over bottom of bottle (quart?
Mason jar). Microscope shows this to consist of sand and clay mixed with decomposed?
vegetable fibers. The whole milk, and especially the cream, was dark colored.?
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the information for the reason that sub??
stances, to wit, water, sand, clay, and decomposed vegetable matter, had been mixed?
and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality in that?
it consisted in part of decomposed vegetable matter, as the defendant well knew.
On November 3, 1913, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information?
and the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 6, 1914-
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