19290. Adulteration of dressed turkeys and dressed poultry.  U. S. v. 195 Pounds,
etc.   (F. D. C. No. 33265.   Sample Nos. 49494-L, 49495-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   May 23,1952, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about April 29 and May 7, 1952, by the Penobscot 
Poultry Co., from Belfast, Maine.
PRODUCT: 195 pounds of dressed turkeys and 360 pounds of dressed poultry at 
New York, N. Y.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the articles consisted in 
whole or in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of birds con- 
taminated with fecal matter; of a decomposed substance by reason of the 
presence of (turkeys only) decomposed birds; and of birds that were otherwise 
unfit for food (poultry only) by reason of extensive bruises. Futher adultera- 
tion, Section 402 (a) (5), the articles were in whole or in part the products of 
diseased animals.
DISPOSITION: June 11, 1952. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that samples of the products be delivered to the Food and Drug Ad- 
ministration and that the remainder be destroyed.