25602. Adulteration of frozen poultry.     V. S. v. S. K. Produce Co., a corporation.
Plea of guilty.    Fine, $10 and costs.     (F. & 33. BO. 36074.    Sample no. 
39S33-B.)
A„ decomposed animal substance, portions of animals unfit for food and prod- 
uct* of diseased animals were found in this shipment of poultry.
Qn December 9, 1935, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the S. K. Produce Co., a corporation, 
Chicago, Ill., alleging shipment by it, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, 
as amended, on or about July 19, 1935, from Chicago, Ill., to Baltimore, Md., 
of quantities of poultry that was adulterated. The product was labeled In part: 
(Barrels) "Bennett Food Co. Baltimore, Md. % Merchants Storage Corp."
Adulteration of the product was charged (a) under the allegation that it 
consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance; (b) 
under the allegation that it consisted in part of portions of animals unfit for 
food; and (c) under the allegation that it was in part a product of diseased 
animals.
On February 5, 1936, a plea of guilty having been entered, a fine of $10 and 
costs was Imposed.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.