AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS 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 80695 JUNE 18, 19, AND 26, 1956 Printed for the use of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1956 CONTENTS 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 Counsel, United States Department of Agriculture.. 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, 61 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 193 164 Nall, Carl E., secretary, Pacific Dairy & Poultry Association, Los Palmer, Philip, vice president, Sherman White & Co., Fort Wayne, 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- 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, Schluderberg, Theodore E., president, National Poultry, Butter & 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 187 174 96 190 77 Trimble, Hon. James W., Representative in Congress from the Third Wallace, William T., director, plant operations, Priebe & Sons, Inc., Trombold, C. D., director, quality control, Campbell Soup Co., Cam- 120 158 194 Wilharm, Elmer, president, North Central States Institute, Tripoli, 162 Youngblood, Ovid, Youngblood Poultry, Waco, Tex., representing the Report on S. 3588 from the Department of Agriculture_ Report on S. 3588 from the Department of Health, Education, and Letter from Senator Gordon Allott.. 17 Letter from Dr. Stanley J. Leland, director, New Mexico Department 17 Letter from Harry J. Beernink, general manager, Washington Co- 17 Telegram from Mack I. Shanholtz, Virginia State health commis- 18 Telegram from the Pacific Dairy & Poultry Association, Los Angeles, 18 Statement filed by Hon. J. Allen Frear, Jr., a United States Senator 23 Statement of B. L. Murch, New Auburn, Wis. 63 Miscellaneous documents-Continued Statement of Wallace H. Jerome, general manager and Orvin W. Hanson, secretary-treasurer, Badger Turkey Industries, Barron, Outline for the preparation of governing legislation and a proposed code for the inspection of human food, adopted by the American Veterinary Medical Association____ Resolution on poultry diseases, adopted by the American Veterinary Letter from Dr. E. R. Price, chairman, committee on legislation, Conference of Public Health Veterinarians. Statement filed by George D. Riley, legislative representative, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organiza- tions___ Statement filed by the Honorable Warren G. Magnuson, a United States Senator from the State of Washington_ Letter from Dr. Ronald L. Hectorne, director, division of veterinary public health, department of health, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Letter from Dr. Russell E. Teague, commissioner of health, depart- ment of health, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Louisville, Ky. Letter from Elizabeth S. Magee, general secretary, National Con- sumers League for Fair Labor Standards, Cleveland, Ohio. -- Letter from James F. Fort, assistant to the general counsel, American Supplementary statement filed by the United States Department of Agriculture with reference to certain testimony of witnesses con- cerning the USDA Poultry Inspection Service... Pamphlet, Poultry Plant Sanitation, published by the Institute of Letter from Senator W. Kerr Scott.. Letter from the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America to Members of Congress___ Letter to J. Paul Williams, executive secretary, Southeastern Poultry and Egg Association, Richmond, Va., from Wesley E. Gilbertson, Assistant Chief, Division of Sanitary Engineering Services, Public Statement filed by Ted Kissell, president, Kissell Bros., Inc., Colum- Statement filed by L. H. Chessler, L. H. Chessher & Co., Nixon, Tex.. Statement filed by Otto Wright, President, Davis Cleaver Produce Co., Statement filed by Grant W. Hess, chairman of the board, Michigan Poultry Marketing Cooperative, Inc., Hemlock, Mich. Statement filed by Andrew G. Lohman, secretary and manager, Hamilton Farm Bureau Co-Operative, Inc., Hamilton, Mich---- Letter from C. J. Conn, president, Long Island Duck Packing Corp., Eastport, Long Island, N. Y___ Supplemental statement filed by John L. Harvey, Deputy Commis- sioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health, Education, and Supplemental statement filed by the National Grange-- Letter from Matt Triggs, assistant legislative director, American Letter from Dr. D. B. Schlosser, chairman, committee on meat and poultry inspection, Association of Food and Drug Officials of the |