63SS. Adulteration of milk.     U. S.   *    *    *   v. Frederick A. Jboffle*.    Plea of
guilty.     Fine, $20.     (F. & D. No. 429-c.)
On May 10, 1918, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia,?
acting upon a report by the health officer of the said District, filed in the?
police court of the District aforesaid an information against Frederick A.?
Loftier, Washington, D. C, alleging that said defendant, on March 2j9, 1918, at?
the District aforesaid, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, did offer for?
sale and sell a quantity of milk which was adulterated.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that a substance, to wit, water, had been added thereto, so as to reduce and?
lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength.
On May 10, 1918, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information,?
and the court imposed a fine of $20.
CLABENCE OUSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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