1790. Adulteration of poultry.     U.   S. v. William Boyd Pruitt   (Pruitt Produce
Co.).    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $25.    (F. D. C. No. 954.    Sample No. 68464-D.)
Examination showed the presence of diseased, emaciated, and decomposed 
poultry in this shipment.
On May 20, 1940, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Okla- 
homa filed an information against William Boyd Pruitt, trading as Pruitt Pro- 
duce Co., at Muskogee, Okla., alleging shipment on or about October 31, 1939, 
from the State of Oklahoma into the State of New York of a quantity of poultry 
that was adulterated in that it was in whole or in part the product of diseased 
animals, namely, diseased and emaciated poultry; and in that it consisted in 
part of a decomposed substance.
On January 13, 1941, a plea of guilty was entered by the defendant and the 
court imposed a fine of $25.