17841. Adulteration of dressed poultry.   U. S. v. 130 Pounds   *   *    *.    (F. D. C.
No. 31155.    Sample No. 24333-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   May 28,1951, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about May 13,1951, by the Maplewood Packing Co., 
from Belfast, Maine.
PRODUCT:   130 pounds of dressed poultry at New York, N. Y.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of birds which 
were contaminated with fecal matter; and, Section 402 (a) (5), the article 
was in whole or in part the product of a diseased animal. (Examination 
showed the presence of diseased birds and birds that were contaminated with 
fecal matter.)
DISPOSITION: July 10, 1951. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that samples of the product be delivered to the Food and Drug Admin- 
istration and that the remainder be destroyed.