17594. Adulteration of dressed poultry.   U. S. v. 404 Pounds    *    *    *.   (F. D. C
No. 30948.   Sample No. 24328-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :    May 7, 1951, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about April 26, 1951, by Diamond State Poultry Co., 
Inc., from Lewes, Del.
PRODUCT: 404 pounds of dressed poultry in 5 crates marked with the grade 
and the net weight at New York, N. Y.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of birds 
which were contaminated with crop material and fecal matter; and, Section 
402 (a) (5), it was in whole or in part the product of a diseased animal.
DISPOSITION : June 5, 1951. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that samples be delivered to the Food and Drug Administration and 
that the remainder be destroyed.