1339. Adulteration of  poultry.    U.   S.  v.   Marion  Poultry  Co.    Plea  of  guilty.
Fine, $200.     (F. D. C. No. 2105.    Sample No. 46903-D.)
Water had been injected into the poultry involved in this action. Diseased 
birds also were present.
On October 1, 1940, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Indiana filed an information against the Marion Poultry Co., a corporation, 
Indianapolis, Ind., alleging that on or about September 27, 1939, the defendant 
introduced and delivered for introduction in interstate commerce, i. e., delivered 
to a warehouse at Indianapolis, Ind., to be held there for shipment from 
Indianapolis, Ind., to Chicago, Ill., a-quantity of poultry that wassadulterated.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole and 
in part of the product of diseased animals, namely, diseased poultry; and in 
that a substance, water, had been substituted in whole and in part for the article 
and had been added thereto so as to increase its bulk or weight.
On November 2, 1940, a plea of guilty having been entered on behalf of the 
defendant, the court imposed a fine of $200.