10432. Adulteration of   milk.     TJ.   S.     *      *      *     v.   Alden   Bros.   Co.,   a   Cor 
poration.     Plea of nolo contendere.     Fine, $50.     (F. & D.  No.  8569. 
8569.    I. S. Nos. 58-m, 116-m, 470-m, 473-m, 2235-p.)
On June 6, 1918, the United States attorney for the District of Vermont, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district an information against the Alden 
Bros. Co., a corporation, doing business at East Fairfield, Vt., alleging ship- 
ment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about 
July 18, August 21 and 23, and September 18, 1916, and August 16, 1917, re- 
spectively, from the State of Vermont into the State of Massachusetts, of 
quantities of milk which in each shipment was adulterated.
Bacteriological examination of samples of the article by the Bureau of 
Chemistry of this department showed an excessive number of organisms on 
plain agar after two days, at different temperatures.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid 
animal substance.
On April 20, 1922, a plea of nolo contendere to the information was entered 
on behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.