17488. Adulteration of dressed poultry.   U. S. v. Diamond State Poultry Co.,
Inc. Plea of guilty. Fine, $750. (F. D. C. No. 29613. Sample No. 
3376-K.)
in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of birds which were 
contaminated with feathers, filthy defeathering wax, and extraneous material, 
the residue of filthy scald water; Section 402 (a) (4), the article had been 
prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contami- 
nated with filth; and, Section 402 (a) (5), the article was in part the product 
of a diseased animal, i. e., diseased poultry. 

DISPOSITION : May 21, 1951. A plea of guilty having been entered, the defend- 
ant was fined $750.