COMPULSORY INSPECTION OF POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS ம் SECOND SESSION ON S. 3588 A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPULSORY INSPECTION BY AND S. 3983 A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPULSORY INSPECTION OF JUNE 18, 19, AND 26, 1956 Printed for the use of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry Aiken, Hon. George D., a United States Senator from the State of Alp, Herbert H., director, poultry department, American Farm Bu- Baker, John A., coordinator of legislative services, National Farmers Barker, Shirley W., director, poultry department, Amalgamated Bennett, Hon. Wallace F., a United States Senator from the State of Bucy, Charles W., Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Butz, Hon. Earl L., Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.. Carbaugh, Harry C., president, Tennessee Egg Co., Chattanooga, Tenn., representing the Southeastern Poultry & Egg Association, the Georgia Poultry Federation, and the Alabama Poultry Federation.. Carpenter, Dr. Cliff D., president, Institute of American Poultry Christgau, T. H., manager, Poultry and Turkey Processing Opera- tions, Land O'Lakes Creameries, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn_ Danish, Andrew E., president, Northeastern Poultry Producers Gill, Joseph N., commissioner of agriculture, State of Connecticut, Harvey, John L., Deputy Commissioner, Food and Drug Administra- 44 94 121 Heinze, G. A., executive secretary, Minnesota Poultry, Butter & Egg 179 Housh, Chester C., National Turkey Federation, Elkton, Va.--- Jerome, Wallace H., Wisconsin Turkey Federation and Wisconsin Johnson, Hon. Lester, a Representative in Congress from the Ninth Kingman, Dr. Harry E., Jr., assistant executive secretary, American Statement of-Continued Murray, Hon. James E., a United States Senator from the State of Nall, Carl E., secretary, Pacific Dairy & Poultry Association, Los Page 24 186 Oslund, Mrs. Genevieve H., legislative assistant, General Federation 108 Parker, Joseph O., legislative counsel, National Grange_ Parks, Robert R., executive director, American Poultry & Hatchery Pringle, Victor, assistant general manager, Rockingham Poultry Mar- keting Co-Op, Inc., Broadway, Va.......... Quillin, E. Bowen, president, Eastern Shore Poultry Growers Ex- change, Selbyville, Del., also representing the Maryland State Poultry Council, the Delaware Poultry Improvement Association, the Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc., the Delaware State Poultry Commission, and the Eastern Shore Grain & Feed Dealers Asso- Ramsay, Ted, poultry division manager, Birds Eye Division of General Foods Corp., White Plains, N. Y. Schlosser, Dr. Daniel B., chairman, meat and poultry committee, Association of Food and Drug Officials of the United States, Indian- Schluderberg, Theodore E., president, National Poultry, Butter &. Egg Association, Baltimore, Md... Shaw, Seth T., vice president, Safeway Stores, Inc. Sloan, Troy G., Jackson, Miss., representing the Pelahatchie Poultry Co., Pelahatchie, Miss., the Gaddis Packing Co., Forest, Miss., and B. C. Rogers & Son, Morton, Miss_ Sussman, Dr. Oscar, secretary-treasurer, Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Princeton, N. J., also representing the New Jersey Health Officers' Association and the Veterinary Medical Asso- Report on S. 3588 from the Department of Agriculture.. Report on S. 3588 from the Department of Health, Education, and Letter from Harry J. Beernink, general manager, Washington Co- operative Farmers Association, Seattle, Wash Telegram from Mack I. Shanholtz, Virginia State health commis- sioner, Richmond, Va., and member, executive committee of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers. Telegram from the Pacific Dairy & Poultry Association, Los Angeles, Miscellaneous documents-Continued Statement of Wallace H. Jerome, general manager and Orvin W. Outline for the preparation of governing legislation and a proposed Resolution on poultry diseases, adopted by the American Veterinary Letter from Dr. E. R. Price, chairman, committee on legislation, Statement filed by George D. Riley, legislative representative, Statement filed by the Honorable Warren G. Magnuson, a United Letter from Dr. Ronald L. Hectorne, director, division of veterinary Letter from Dr. Russell E. Teague, commissioner of health, depart- Excerpts from a letter to Representative Morano from Richard C. 118 Letter from John J. Riggle, secretary, National Council of Farmer 118 Supplementary statement filed by the United States Department of Agriculture with reference to certain testimony of witnesses concerning the USDA Poultry Inspection Service. 127 Pamphlet, Poultry Plant Sanitation, published by the Institute of 145 164 169 Letter from Senator W. Kerr Scott_ Letter from the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Statement filed by Ted Kissell, president, Kissell Bros., Inc., Colum- 173 200 Statement filed by L. H. Chessler, L. H. Chessher & Co., Nixon, Tex.. 200 201 Statement filed by Grant W. Hess, chairman of the board, Michigan 202 202 203 Supplemental statement filed by John L. Harvey, Deputy Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D. C. 206 Supplemental statement filed by the National Grange-- 208 209 Letter from Gregory S. Prince, general solicitor, Association of American Railroads__ Letter from Dr. D. B. Schlosser, chairman, committee on meat and poultry inspection, Association of Food and Drug Officials of the United States, Indianapolis, Ind.......... 210 212 Letter from Dr. Oscar Sussman, secretary-treasurer, Association of 213 Supplemental statement filed by the Southeastern Poultry & Egg 215 |