2059. Adulteration of poultry.     V. S. v. H & H Poultry Co., Inc., Homer Pepper,
Samuel Sabin, and Helen West. Pleas of guilty. Corporation fined $500; 
each of the individual defendants fined $100. (F. D. C. No. 2839. Sample 
Nos. 10403-E, 10496-E.)
This product consisted in part of poultry which was diseased at the time of 
slaughter or which had died otherwise than by slaughter.
On September 23, 1940, tho grand jurors in and for the District of Delaware 
returned an indictment in 14 counts against the H &. H Poultry Co., Inc., 
Selbyville, Del., and Homer Pepper, Samuel Sahn, and Helen West, alleging 
that on or about March 4 and April 9, 1940, the defendants transported from 
Selbyville, Del., to New York, N. Y., quantities of poultry which was adulterated.
Count 2 of the indictment charged that the poultry shipped March 4, 1940, 
was adulterated in that it was unfit for food. Count 11 of the indictment 
charged that the poultry shipped April 9, 1940, was adulterated in that it was 
in whole or in part the product of diseased animals which had died otherwise 
than by slaughter.
On January 13, 1941, a plea of guilty having been entered by the corporation 
to the second and eleventh counts of the indictment and pleas of guilty having 
been entered by the three individuals to the second count, the court sentenced 
the corporation to pay a fine of $500 and sentenced each of the individual de- 
fendants to pay a fine of $100.   The remaining counts were nolle prossed.
Nos. 2060 to 2063 report actions based on the shipment of poultry that 
was in whole or in part the product of diseased birds.