0557. Adulteration of frozen chickens. TI. S. * * * v. Arthur L. Fuller, 
John Schalker, jr., Sam Porter, and Fred Potter (Fuller Produce 
Co.). Pleas of guilty. Fine, $100 and costs. (F. & D. No. 12325. 
I.  S. No. 5767-r.)
On August 24, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district an information against Arthur L. Fuller, 
John Schalker, jr., Sam Porter, and Fred Potter, trading as the Fuller Produce 
Co., Leavenworth, Kans., alleging shipment by said defendants, in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act, on or about April 10, 1919, from the State of Kansas 
into the State of Missouri, of a quantity of frozen chickens which were adul- 
terated.
Examination of the consignment by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed appearances ranging from good to very dark green, generally very 
dark with offensive odor, indicating decomposition. Examination of 50 chickens 
representing the lot showed that approximately 60 per cent in frozen state were 
in whole or in part decomposed and absolutely unfit for food; the balance 
were seriously contaminated and would show decomposition in more or less 
degree on thawing out. Many chickens were rotten, soft, and slimy in a tem- 
perature of 12° F. above zero for 96 hours. Others showed evidence of having 
spoiled before last freezing.
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 October 12, 1920, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the informa- 
tion, and the court imposed fines of $25 each and costs.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.